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Mead Johnson Powder Infant Formula - Culture, Family, Travel, Consumer Reviews - Posted: 28th Aug, 2006 - 3:37am
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Post Date: 21st Aug, 2006 - 11:21pm / Post ID: #
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Mead Johnson Powder Infant Formula
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INFANT FORMULA TAMPERED WITH: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said Saturday that some cans of Mead Johnson powder infant formula found at stores in the Windsor, Ont., region have been tampered with.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...der-tamper.html
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Post Date: 28th Aug, 2006 - 3:37am / Post ID: #
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The report says it was tainted with what appears to be detergent. I assume that means powdered laundry detergent, but it could be dish washer detergent as well I suppose. But I had to look up the possible issues one could have from ingesting a detergent. I found out that they are "caustic" substances, which mean they are capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
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Caustics and corrosives cause tissue injury by a chemical reaction. The vast majority of caustic chemicals are acidic or alkaline substances that damage tissue by, in the case of a base, accepting a proton, or, in the case of an acid, donating a proton, in an aqueous solution. The pH or pKa of a chemical is a measure of how easily the chemical accepts or donates a proton; these terms determine the strength or likelihood of serious damage with tissue contact. Substances with a pH or pKa less than 2 are strong acids; those with a pH or pKa greater than 12 are strong bases. The severity of tissue injury from acids and bases is determined by the substance's pH or pKa, concentration, duration of contact, and the amount and physical form of the substance ingested. |
The mortality rate from ingestion was not as high as I would have expected though.
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Frequency: * In the US: Ingestions of caustic substances, accidental and intentional, is a common event. Cleaning substances, many of which are potentially caustic agents, account for more than 200,000 exposures per year reported to US poison control centers; caustic substances accounted for more exposures than any other class of agents. Mortality/Morbidity: The alkali drain cleaners and acidic toilet bowl cleaners are responsible for the most fatalities from corrosive agents. * Approximately 10% of caustic ingestions result in severe injury requiring treatment. * Between 1% and 2% of caustic ingestions result in stricture formation. |
*Stats are from https://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic86.htm
However, the biggest issue I have with this is that the mortality rate and the damage from this would be at its greatest and maximum in infants and newborns that would be fully dependent on the tainted formula. This is very disturbing, I really hope they find the person responsible.
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