The Food and Drug administration is warning parents not to feed their infants SimplyThick gel.

SimplyThick is a brand of thickening agent available to customers and medical centers that help manage swallowing difficulties in infants.

The FDA is warning parents to not feed the thickening product to infants before 37 weeks gestation because it could cause a life-threatening condition. They also advice not to feed the gel to premature infants, including those in the hospital and those sent home from the hospital within the past 30 days.

Some symptoms to watch for are a bloated stomach, greenish-tinged vomiting, and bloody stools.

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Products affected are 15 g, 30 g, 120 g and 240 g pouches.
All 15 g pouches are affected
All 30 g pouches are affected
Some 120 g pouches – identified as those with a “TP” in the lot code stamped into the edge of the packet.
Some 240 g pouches – identified as those with a “TP” in the lot code stamped into the edge of the packet.

Simplythick Item Numbers affected
ALL 01001, 01005, 01007, 02001, 02005, and 02007
SOME 01004, 02004, 01006 and 02006 – identified as those with a “TP” in the lot code stamped into the edge of the packet.
SimplyThick item numbers are included as part of the UPC barcode on our packaging. The item number is the second group of 5 digits in the UPC barcode.

All products have a code embossed or stamped in the foil. The first 6 digits of that code represent a “best if used by” date in MMDDYY format. ANY date code that falls between 062610 (i.e. June 26, 2010) and 062612 (i.e. June 26, 2012) and contains the letter code “TP” in the code are affected by the recall.

An example of an affected date code is: 0312125TP1. The code breakdown would be the “Best If Used By Date”, 03/12/12 – i.e. March 12, 2012 AND it contains “TP” in the code .

Packets Code Dates Affected:

15 g packets (Nectar Individual Packets):

Embossed / Imprinted Date
080110#TP#
080210#TP#
082110#TP#
082210#TP#
082310#TP#
082410#TP#
082810#TP#
082910#TP#
092610#TP#
092710#TP#
092810#TP#
100310#TP#
101710#TP#
101810#TP#
101910#TP#
111310#TP#
111410#TP#
111510#TP#
111610#TP#
120410#TP#
121110#TP#
121210#TP#
010111#TP#
010211#TP#
010511#TP#
012911#TP#
013011#TP#
031311#TP#
031411#TP#
031511#TP#
032611#TP#
032711#TP#
032811#TP#
032911#TP#
041711#TP#
041811#TP#
050211#TP#
050311#TP#
050411#TP#
052111#TP#
052211#TP#
052311#TP#
052411#TP#
052511#TP#
052811#TP#
062611#TP#
062711#TP#
062811#TP#
062911#TP#
073111#TP#
080111#TP#
080211#TP#
080311#TP#
080411#TP#
080611#TP#
082711#TP#
082811#TP#
082911#TP#
091711#TP#
091811#TP#
091911#TP#
102911#TP#
103011#TP#
103111#TP#
110111#TP#
110211#TP#
110311#TP#
111211#TP#
111311#TP#
111411#TP#
111511#TP#
112011#TP#
112611#TP#
112711#TP#
120411#TP#
120511#TP#
120611#TP#
121011#TP#
121111#TP#
121211#TP#
121311#TP#
123111#TP#
010112#TP#
012212#TP#
012312#TP#
012412#TP#
012812#TP#
012912#TP#
013012#TP#
013112#TP#
020912#TP#
021212#TP#
021312#TP#
021412#TP#
021812#TP#
021912#TP#
031012#TP#
031112#TP#
031212#TP#
031312#TP#
031412#TP#
031912#TP#
032012#TP#
041412#TP#
041512#TP#
041612#TP#
050512#TP#
050612#TP#
050712#TP#
050812#TP#
050912#TP#
052112#TP#
052212#TP#
060212#TP#
060312#TP#
060412#TP#
060512#TP#

30 g Packets (Honey Individual Packets):

Embossed / Imprinted Date
062610#TP#
062710#TP#
080210#TP#
080310#TP#
082910#TP#
090410#TP#
090510#TP#
100310#TP#
100410#TP#
100510#TP#
101610#TP#
101710#TP#
120410#TP#
120510#TP#
120610#TP#
121210#TP#
121310#TP#
010211#TP#
010311#TP#
010411#TP#
030711#TP#
030811#TP#
030911#TP#
031211#TP#
031311#TP#
041611#TP#
041711#TP#
041911#TP#
042011#TP#
043011#TP#
050111#TP#
052811#TP#
052911#TP#
053011#TP#
060411#TP#
061811#TP#
061911#TP#
062011#TP#
080611#TP#
080711#TP#
080811#TP#
082911#TP#
083011#TP#
083111#TP#
091011#TP#
091111#TP#
091211#TP#
091711#TP#
100811#TP#
100911#TP#
101011#TP#
110511#TP#
110611#TP#
110711#TP#
110811#TP#
111911#TP#
112011#TP#
121011#TP#
121111#TP#
121211#TP#
121311#TP#
123111#TP#
010112#TP#
012212#TP#
012312#TP#
012812#TP#
012912#TP#
013012#TP#
013112#TP#
022012#TP#
022112#TP#
031712#TP#
031812#TP#
031912#TP#
041512#TP#
041612#TP#
041712#TP#
050512#TP#
050612#TP#
050712#TP#
050812#TP#
052212#TP#
052612#TP#
052712#TP#
052812#TP#

120g Packets (Nectar Bulk Packets)

Embossed / Imprinted Date
062710#TP#
080410#TP#
103110#TP#
110110#TP#
121910#TP#
122010#TP#
012911#TP#
030711#TP#
030811#TP#
070211#TP#
070311#TP#
070411#TP#
080811#TP#
102211#TP#
102311#TP#
120411#TP#
021812#TP#
032412#TP#
060912#TP#
061012#TP#

240g Packets (Honey Bulk Packets)

Embossed / Imprinted Date
062710#TP#
062810#TP#
080410#TP#
110110#TP#
110210#TP#
112010#TP#
112110#TP#
121810#TP#
121910#TP#
012911#TP#
013011#TP#
030611#TP#
030711#TP#
070211#TP#
070311#TP#
070411#TP#
080911#TP#
102311#TP#
102411#TP#
120511#TP#
120611#TP#
120711#TP#
021912#TP#
022012#TP#
032512#TP#
061012#TP#
061112#TP#