That's pretty rich, Spankster. The FDA closed the Abbott Laboratories plant in Michigan? No evidence of causality? Who knew?!
Perhaps you should read the FDA's own news release on the matter. Here's the link:
Under the proposed consent decree, Abbott has agreed to take corrective actions following an FDA inspection of its Sturgis, Michigan, facility.
www.fda.gov
As I have my doubts about your ability and/or willingness to actually educate yourself on this matter, I will make it easier for you. Set forth below is the portion of the linked FDA news release that is relevant to the issue of the Abbott Laboratories planet closure. See if you can find the part in there about Abbott
voluntarily closing down the plant itself. Or the part about Abbott instituting a
voluntary recall of contaminated baby formula prior to that.
"In the complaint, filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the FDA, the government alleges that powdered infant formula products manufactured at Abbott Nutrition’s Sturgis facility were adulterated because they were made under insanitary conditions and in violation of current good manufacturing practice requirements. On Jan. 31, the FDA commenced a for-cause inspection and identified Cronobacter sakazakii, a bacterium that can potentially cause severe foodborne illness primarily in infants, in the facility and observed significant
operational deficiencies. While the agency’s inspection was ongoing, Abbott Nutrition voluntarily recalled certain powdered infant formula products and voluntarily shut down its facility to implement corrective actions that address issues raised by the FDA."