How many FDA recalls has Abbott Nutrition had?

The FDA has published 9 food recall enforcement records naming Abbott Nutrition between 2014 and 2022. Those records cover 4 separate recall events: the agency opens one record per product code, so one recall of a product line appears as many records.

Does a high recall count mean a firm is unsafe?

Not on its own. Most FDA food recalls are initiated voluntarily by the firm, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a working food safety plan is supposed to produce. Record counts also scale with the number of product codes a firm carries rather than with the number of things that went wrong.

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Abbott Nutrition FDA recall records

The FDA has published 9 food recall enforcement records naming Abbott Nutrition between 2014 and 2022, covering 4 separate recall events. The firm is recorded in Ohio. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386: 9
Share of all recalls: 0%
Class I of 9: 0
Reported between: 2014 to 2022

What these records are

Every record on this page was published by the FDA in the openFDA food enforcement database. 9 records cover 4 recall events, because the agency opens one record per product code: a single recall of a product line with many codes appears here many times.

0 of these records are Class I, 9 Class II and 0 Class III. A recall count is not a safety score. Most FDA food recalls are initiated by the firm itself, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a food safety plan is built to produce.

By year

Counts are by the date the FDA reported the enforcement action. That date runs behind the date a firm started a recall, so the most recent year is always partial.

Year	Recalls reported
2012	0
2013	0
2014	1
2015	0
2016	1
2017	6
2018	0
2019	0
2020	0
2021	0
2022	1
2023	0
2024	0
2025	0
2026	0

Where the recalling firms are

The state is the location of the recalling firm, not where the product was sold. Distribution is recorded separately on each record.

Most recently reported

All 9 records.
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2022-09-07	Similac Alimentum packaged in 32 fluid ounce re-closable plastic bottles 6 bottles per case	ABBOTT NUTRITION	Packaging defect	Class II
2017-02-08	Nepro Vanilla , 8oz metal can	Abbott Nutrition	The firm expanded recall to include additional batches. Product recalled because of off odor and taste due to microbial contamination.	Class II
2017-02-08	Oxepa, 8oz metal can	Abbott Nutrition	The firm expanded recall to include additional batches. Product recalled because of off odor and taste due to microbial contamination.	Class II
2017-02-08	Vital High Protein, 8oz metal can	Abbott Nutrition	The firm expanded recall to include additional batches. Product recalled because of off odor and taste due to microbial contamination.	Class II
2017-02-08	Nepro Vanilla High Protein , 8oz metal can	Abbott Nutrition	The firm expanded recall to include additional batches. Product recalled because of off odor and taste due to microbial contamination.	Class II
2017-02-08	Nepro Mixed Berry, 8oz metal can	Abbott Nutrition	The firm expanded recall to include additional batches. Product recalled because of off odor and taste due to microbial contamination.	Class II
2017-02-08	Promote with Fiber Vanilla, 8oz metal can	Abbott Nutrition	The firm expanded recall to include additional batches. Product recalled because of off odor and taste due to microbial contamination.	Class II
2016-04-13	The product is labeled as follows: PediaSure Grow & Gain Vanilla, Unit size : 8 oz. , Container description : Metal Can, Total package size : 24 cans per case .	Abbott Nutrition	Abbott Nutrition is recalling PediaSure Grow & Gain Vanilla is product because the product may have a different color, smell, taste or texture inconsistent with other lots of PediaSure Grow & Gain Vanilla. Abbott Nutrition also recognized a complaint trend for physical stability and sensory on this batch on 1/25/16 and an investigation revealed a possibility that a small portion of cans may	Class II
2014-02-26	Similac Human Milk Fortifier Powder, .9 g packets. Label reads in part, "ADDITIONAL IRON MAY BE NECESSARY ADD ONLY TO HUMAN MILK - DO NOT ADD WATER NET WT 0.031 OZ (0.90g)*CONTAINS MILK AND SOY INGREDIENTSUSE BY**ABBOTT LABORATORIES"	Abbott Nutrition	Abbott Nutrition (AN) recalled this product from the Canadian market because some of the packets may have an incomplete seal which could allow air to enter the packet causing food oxidation and/or the powder to leak	Class II

Questions

How many FDA recalls has Abbott Nutrition had?: The FDA has published 9 food recall enforcement records naming Abbott Nutrition between 2014 and 2022. Those records cover 4 separate recall events: the agency opens one record per product code, so one recall of a product line appears as many records.
Does a high recall count mean a firm is unsafe?: Not on its own. Most FDA food recalls are initiated voluntarily by the firm, and a recall is the firm removing product from the market, which is what a working food safety plan is supposed to produce. Record counts also scale with the number of product codes a firm carries rather than with the number of things that went wrong.

All FDA food recall data

A recall is the end of an evidence trail that either existed or did not. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.

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Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.