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Sweetwater Reporter
Friday, December 23, 2011 ■ Page 3
Wal-Mart pulls
formula after baby
dies in Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Wal-Mart and health offi-
cials awaited tests Thursday on a batch of powdered
infant formula that was removed from more than 3,000
stores nationwide after a Missouri newborn who con-
sumed it apparently died from a rare infection.
The source of the bacteria that caused the infection
has not been determined, but it occurs naturally in the
environment and in plants such as wheat and rice. The
most worrisome appearances have been in dried milk
and powdered formula, which is why manufacturers
routinely test for the germs.
Wal-Mart pulled the Enfamil Newborn formula from
shelves as a precaution following the death of little Avery
Cornett in the southern Missouri town of Lebanon.
The formula has not been recalled, and the manufac-
turer said tests showed the batch was negative for the
bacteria before it was shipped. Additional tests were
under way.
"We decided it was best to remove the product until
we learn more," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Dianna Gee
said. "It could be returned to the shelves."
Customers who bought formula in 12.5-ounce cans
with the lot number ZP1K7G have the option of return-
ing them for a refund or exchange, Gee said.
The product is not exclusive to Wal-Mart. The manu-
facturer, Mead Johnson Nutrition, declined to answer
questions about whether formula from that batch was
distributed to other stores.
"We're highly confident in the safety and quality of our
products," sa: Christopher Perille, a spokesman for the
company based in the Chicago suburb of Glenview.
A second infant fell ill after consuming powdered baby
formula in the last month, but that chi recovered, state
health officials said.
Powdered infant formula is not sterile, and experts
have said there are not adequate methods to completely
remove or kill all bacteria that might creep into formula
before or during production.
Preliminary hospital test results indicate that Avery
died of a rare ection caused by Cronobacter saka-
zakii. The infection can be treated with antibiotics, but
it's deemed extremely dangerous to babies less than 1
month old and those born premature.
The virus "is pervasive in the environment," Perille
said. "There's a whole range of potential sources on how
this infection may have got started."
A spokeswoman for the Food and Drug Administration
said the agency is investigating the de< h, along with the
Centers for Disease Control ar the Missouri Department
of Health. Investigators have collected samples from the
family and are testing unopened formula purchased at
stores.
Siobhan Delancey said the FDA gets four to six reports
a year of infant infections related to formula and has not
found a powder that tested positive since 2002.
The FDA is also investigating the other case of illness,,
which involved a baby from Illinois whose case was
reported in neighboring Missouri. But the agency does
not believe there is any connection between the two,
Delancey said.
Public health investigators will look at the formula
itself, as well as the water used in preparing it and at
anything else the baby might have ingested, Perille
said.
Only two to three cases a year are reported. New
Mexico saw two in 2008, including one infant who
died and another who suffered severe brain damage. A
Tennessee infant died in 2001 after being infected.
It could be several days before test results are avail-
able.
The family submitted two types of infant formula for
testing — the powdered version and a pre-sterilized,
ready-to-eat liquid — as well as the distilled water used
to prepare the powdered product.
"We're just trying to test anything that was consumed
by the baby," L; lede County Health Director Charla
Baker said.
Avery was taken to a pediatrician Dec. 15 — a week
after he was born — after showing signs of stomach pain
and lethargy. When the pain persisted the next day, his
parents too him to an emergency room.
He died Sunday at a hospital in Springfield after being
removed from e support.
The Missouri Department of Health advised parents
to follow safety guidelines for preparing powdered
infant formula, including washing hands, sterilizing all
feeding equipment in hot, soapy water and preparing
enoi formula for only one feeding at a time.
A 3od of calls from worried parents prompted state
officials to clarify that the formula pulled by Wal-Mart
is not being provided to participants in the Women,
Infants and Children federal program for low-income
parents.
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Goodfellows Donations
Presbyterian Women $200
In Memory of "Floyd L. Smitty Smith $100
In Honor of Maryemma and Clayton Williams $100
Anonymous $200
Nolan County Board of Realtors $500
Anonymous $250
Sweetwater Rotary Club $500
Mr. and Mrs. Don Hatter $10
Lera Jeane Lee $50
Ms. Bettie S. Patton $100
First Baptist Church Rebekah SS Class $50
Stein Broadcasting (KXOX) $150
Anonymous $100
Anonymous $100
Dwylene Strothers $100
William and Artie Harris $100
Sons of Hermann Lodge #257 $25
Homer and Beth Taylor $100
Pap and Vera Headrick $100
Sarah R Hampton $50
Anonymous $100
Jon and Karan Bergstrom $100
Wal-Mart Toy Drive
• J. Michael Wedin, D.D.S. $250
• Jeree and Terry Hendley $50
• Lillie R Gutierrez $25
• Cash $374-90
Anonymous $300
WR and Willadean Brock $75
Kevin and Jennifer Rosas $50
Sweetwater Rifle Pistol Club $200
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hampton in memory of Hadley W.
Hampton $200
Anonymous $100
JB and MC Smith $25
Athenaeum Study Club $75
Glenn Barton $50
Jessica Messersmith $25
Billie Burwick $100
Sweetwater Lion's Club $501
High Insurance Agency $100
Katherine Dickson $200
Unit. Method. Women, Highland Heights UMC $200
Don and Patrica Kannel $50
Sweetwater Jaycee Roosters $250
Sweetwater Jaycees $1500
Clifton Carter $25
Tenaska $1000
First Christian Church, Builders Class $150
Bennett & Associates $100
Nolan United Methodist Church $250
Mrs. Jack W. Harris $200
Buddy & Karen Alldredge $200
Anonymous $25
Cash $23.94
First Apostolic Tabernacle $500
SANCO Feed $40
James Staton $50
Jessica Messersmith $25
JP McCoy $50
Van N. Baucum Real Estate $200
Sweetwater Municipal Band Concert $223
Sweetwater Wind 4-5 (Infigen Energy) $5,oil
Final Total as of Dec. 19, 2011 — $15,858.84
TSTC
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2012 Excellence Award Recipients:
• Kathy Bond - West Texas Accounting, Brownwood
Campus).
Kimberly Pickard - West Texas (Financial Aid
Officer, Brownwood Campus).
• Sandra Walker - West Texas (Admissions Advisor,
Breckenridge Campus).
• Kay Johnson - West Texas (Accounting, Abilene
Campus).
• Shawn Weaver - West Texas (Instructor Sweetwater
Campus).
• Dana McElroy - West Texas (Instructor, Sweetwater
Campus).
Gas
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are expected to travel an
average of 817 miles round
trip uring the holidays.
The 11-day Year-End holi-
day travel period is the lon-
gest holiday travel seasor
of the year and is defined
as Friday, December 23,
2011 to Monday, January
2, 2012.
"Holiday travelers in
Texas are paying an aver
age of $43 for a typical
14-gallon fill up," sail AAA
Texas/New Mexico Public
Affairs Representative
Sarah Schimmer. "Gas
prices in Texas have
decreased about 84 cents
since reaching the peak
price in May of $3.89.
For families still trying
to finalize travel plans,
visit www.fuelcostcalcula-
tor.com to get an estimat-
ed round-trip gas budget
by entering the starting
point, destination, make,
model and year of their
vehicle.
Final goodbye:
Roll call o some
who died in 2011
Continuation from the Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, edi-
tion of the Sweetwater Reportei\
DECEMBER:
Francois Lesage, 82. The heir of the legendary Maison
Lesage embroidery atelier which has been long embel-
lishing Paris' couture houses' most fantastic creations.
Dec. 1.
Dev Anand, 88. A charismatic and flamboyant Indian
film star for more than half a century. Dec. 3.
Socrates, 57. A former Brazilian soccer star known for
his elegant style and deep involvement in politics. Dec.
4. Septic shock from an intestinal infection.
Patricia Dunn, 58. The former Hewlett-Packard chair-
woman who authorized a board room surveillance probe
that ultimately sullied her remarkable rise from invest-
ment bank typist to the corporate upper class. Dec. 4.
Ovarian cancer.
Violetta Villas 73. A Polish coloratura soprano who
spurned opera for popular music and became a cabaret
star in Las Vegas and then got trapped behind the Iron
Curtain when she returned to care for her dying mother.
Dec. 5.
Harry Morgan, 96. An actor best known for playing
the fatherly Col. Sherman Potter on the TV show "M-A-
S-H." Dec. 7.
Jerry Robinson, 89. A comic book industry pioneer
who helped create Batman sidekick Robin the Boy
Wonder and their arch-nemesis The Joker. Dec. 7.
Diana Joy Colbert, 41. The wife of author Charles
Bock whose battle with leukemia inspired widespread
sympathy and support among the New York literary
community. Dec. 8.
Cardinal John Foley, 76. For 25 years, he was the
voice for American viewers of the Vatican's Christmas
Midnight Mass and he led an ancient Catholic order in
the Holy Land. Dec. it.
Boris Chertok, 99. A Russian rocket designer who
played a key role in engineering Soviet-era space pro-
grams. Dec. 14.
George Whitman, 98. A pillar of Paris' literary scene,
whose eclectic bookshop Shakespeare and Company
was a beacon for readers. Dec. 14.
Joe Simon, 98. He co-created Captain America along
with Jack Kirby and was one of the comic book indus-
try's most revered writers, artists and editors. Dec. 14.
Christopher Hitchens, 62. An author, essayist and
polemicist who waged verbal and occasional physi-
cal battle on behalf of causes left and right. Dec. 15.
Complications from esophageal cancer.
Kim Jong II, 69. North Korea's mercurial and enig-
matic leader whose iron rule and nuclear ambitions
dominated world security fears for more than a decade.
Dec. 17. Heart attack.
Cesaria Evora, 70. Grammy-winning Cape Verde sing-
er known as the "Barefoot Diva" because she always
performed without shoes. Dec. 17.
Vaclav Havel, 75. Czech dissident playwright who led
the 1989 anti-communist "Velvet Revolution" and went
from prisoner to president. Dec. 18.
MIDDAY ON WALL STREET
Today's Trading
Change
DOW
12,193.57
+23.92
NASDAQ
2,606.99
+7.58
S&P
1,257.73
+3.71
General Motors
20.82
+0.12
Ford Motor Co.
10.90
-0.04
AT&T
29.85
+0.19
Pepsico, Inc.
66.26
+0.22
tJSG Corp.
10.34
+0.09
Archer-Daniels
28.91
+0.21
GE
18.01
-0.04
Deere & Co.
78.32
+0.56
McDonalds Corp.
99.24
+0.64
Chevron Texaco
106.57
+0.26
Exxon Mobil
84.56
+0.27
Fst. Fin. Bnkshs.
33.89
+0.13
Coca-Cola
69.34
+0.15
Dell
14.80
+0.03
SW Airlines
8.42
+0.02
Microsoft
25.84
+0.03
Sears Holdings Co.
46.20
+0.38
Cisco
18.18
+0.05
Wal-Mart
59.22
+0.03
Johnson & Johnson
65.24
+0.06
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