In a new recall following a separate one which dogged them for the better part of this year, Abbott is now voluntarily recalling bottles of their largest, most popular kind of formula, Similac, from their manufacturing facility in Columbus, Ohio.
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Abbott underscores that only a "small percentage, less than 1%" of bottles in these recalled lots have faulty caps, according to aWhile this is yet another setback for Abbott, industry experts say it is an important part of the oversight system: for companies to rigorously self-monitor their safety and quality control processes and catch problems before they get worse.
Even so -- that still means this recall could temporarily keep millions of bottles off the shelves, in a market still recouping from the months' long formula crisis this spring. Between 2 and 3 million babies in the U.S. rely to some degree on formula every day, experts have told ABC. On average, infants drink between four and six 8-ounce bottles' worth of formula a day. That includes unfinished or spilt bottles, and naturally fluctuating appetites from day to day. Multiplied out -- that means American babies need somewhere between 10 and 12 million bottles per day.
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