DeLauro requests IG investigation into FDA's handling of infant formula recall

“Based on reports, I am concerned the agency acted too slowly in pulling potentially dangerous infant formula off store shelves, which may have resulted in additional illness and death,” House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro wrote. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro today asked the Health and Human Services office of the inspector general to investigate whether the FDA “took prompt, appropriate, and effective action” in the lead up to the massive recall of Abbott Nutrition infant formula last month, POLITICO has learned.

How we got here: The request comes after POLITICO reported that FDA, CDC and Abbott were told of the

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