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BATON ROUGE — Louisiana WIC has issued the following guidance, available at LouisianaWIC.org, for WIC participants impacted by a recall of powdered infant formula following the FDA's advisory.
The advisory alerts consumers to avoid purchasing or using certain powdered infant formulas and Abbott voluntarily recalled powder formula including Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare manufactured in Sturgis, Mich. The FDA cited four consumer complaints related to Cronobackter sakazakii and Salmonella Newport in infants.
To date, there are no known cases in Louisiana.

While the Louisiana Department of Transportation Development engineers conduct a study to find ways to make Hwy 167 safer, the Sheriff’s Office has found a quick way to reduce head-on collisions on Hwy. 167.
Sheriff Mike Couvillion and Eddlie Langlinais, the Sheriff’s Office’s information officer, attended the police jury meeting on Wednesday. Couvillon and Langlinais were there to hear concerns from citizens on how to make Hwy. 167 a safer place to travel. They were also there to offer a quicker solution to prevent another head-on collision on Hwy. 167.

Louisiana Economic Development recognized the City of Abbeville as the state’s newest Louisiana Development Ready Community in a ceremony on the Vermilion riverfront Wednesday. The city becomes the 49th participant in the community development program, now in its 14th year.