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Perrigo Parent's Choice Infant Formula Recall: Metal Fragments Risk
Perrigo recalls Parent's Choice Advantage Infant Formula with possible metal fragments. Consumers should check UPC 078742022468 and lot code C26EVFV (use by Feb 26, 2021) for affected products.
“Perrigo Parent's Choice Infant Formula Recall: Metal Fragments Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated October 5, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/17019-perrigo-parent-s-choice-infant-formula-recall-metal-fragments-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-1558-2019 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1558-2019%22&limit=1).
The FDA announced on June 20, 2019, that Perrigo Company PLC is recalling Parent's Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron due to potential metal fragment contamination. Owners should stop using the product and contact the company for a refund.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Parent's Choice
Product: Parent's Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron, 35 oz, 922 g
UPC: 078742022468
Lot Code: C26EVFV
Use by date: February 26, 2021
Sold at Walmart nationwide
The hazard
The infant formula may contain metal fragments, which poses a choking or injury risk. The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Perrigo Company PLC has issued eight other recalls since September 28, 2015. Recent brand recalls include a Maximum Strength Nasal Spray on October 26, 2021, due to contaminated ingredients, and Allergy Relief tablets on July 27, 2021, over impurity risks. Other recent recalls of similar products include Pasteurized Donor Human Milk in 4oz Bottles with Foreign Object Risk (November 11, 2025) and a2 Platinum Premium Infant Formula Recall: Possible Cereulide Toxin Contamination (May 1, 2026).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for the UPC 078742022468 on the product label. The affected lot code is C26EVFV with a use by date of February 26, 2021.
Brand
Perrigo
Product
Parent's Choice Advantage Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron, 35 oz, 922 g, with UPC: 078742022468
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Stop Using Product
Immediately stop using the recalled Parent's Choice Advantage Infant Formula if it matches the UPC and lot code.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide.
Nationwide
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Walmart, nationwide” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 4 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
Official source: FDA Recall #F-1558-2019 (June 20, 2019) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1558-2019 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on October 5, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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