Heads up, parents: If you feed your little one formula, you might want to take a peek at the cans you’ve got in the house. Perrigo infant formula is issuing a voluntary recall of 16,500 formula cans—three lots within one batch—due to the discovery of vitamin D levels “above the maximum level permitted.”
According to a release from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the company’s store-brand Premium Infant Formula with Iron Milk-Based Powder was found to have elevated vitamin D levels through “routine testing.” So far, there have been no adverse events reported due to consumption of the impacted products, so the recall appears to be out of an abundance of caution.
The recalled products were shipped in February 2024 to H-E-B grocery stores in Texas and CVS stores in the following states: Texas, Florida, California, South Carolina, Virginia, Indiana, Tennessee, New Jersey, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Missouri. To date, no other products or retailers have been impacted by this recall, which includes cans with use-by dates of November 2025.
The FDA notes that “for the vast majority of infants, short-term consumption of the affected lot codes is unlikely to cause adverse health implications,” adding, “in a small subset of physiologically vulnerable infants (e.g., impaired renal function), there is the potential that consumption of the recalled product could result in health complications.”
In infants, vitamin D toxicity presents with “nonspecific and subtle symptoms such as poor feeding, constipation, intolerance to food, polyuria, dehydration, lethargy, failure to thrive, emesis, and diarrhea,” according to researchers from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Severe cases can lead to seizure and kidney failure, but the AAP notes that generally speaking, vitamin D intoxication is “rare.”
Parents and caregivers are advised to check for the below lot codes with “use by” dates, which can be found on the bottom of the package: product shipped to CVS beginning February 6, 2024 with the lot code T11LMYC – USE BY 11NOV2025, and product shipped to H-E-B Grocery Company, LP beginning February 2, 2024 with the lot codes: T11LMXC – USE BY 11NOV2025 and T09LMXC – USE BY 09NOV2025.
Any questions or concerns regarding the recall or adverse events can be directed to Perrigo Consumer Affairs at 1-800-538-9543, M-F from 8:00am-5:00pm EST. Related symptoms should be reported to FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online at www.fda.gov/medwatch/report.htm.
Of course, reaching out to your child’s pediatrician with any health questions or concerns is always crucial. But hopefully this recall was caught early enough so that there will be no cause for concern for parents, caregivers, and their babies.
