If you have a product called "SimplyThick" in your kitchen cabinet and you are about to use it or add it to milk or formula for your infant or premature baby--DO NOT!  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about this product as it is believed to have caused a life-threatening intestinal condition, according to the LA Times Health Key reporter, Marissa Cevallos in her article May 23, 2011, called necrotizing enterocolitis in infants, especially premature babies, and, sadly, two babies who received the SimplyThick product have succumbed due to this condition.

The Food and Drug Administration issued the warning May 20, 2011, warning physicians and parents against giving the thickening agent to premature babies. Thomas Maugh, II, of the Los Angeles Times in his article of May 20, 2011, noted that "The product is frequently added to thin foods, such as breast milk or infant formula, to make them easier to ingest for people who have swallowing difficulties." http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-simplythick-warning-05202011,0,603801.story

As childsafetyblog.org learns more about this particular warning, we will keep you posted!