In response to questions about marketing practices, the Abbott spokesman sent a further statement: Our field employees are also visiting hospitals and doctors’ offices to recover the product.' 'Abbott has sent written and email correspondence to those who received samples from the company with instructions on how to return the samples. 'If product is affected by the recall, do not use it and go to or call 1-80 to obtain a refund or replacement. 'We value the trust parents place in us for high quality and safe nutrition and we’ll do whatever it takes to keep that trust and resolve this situation,' Abbott spokesman Jonathon Hamilton wrote in an email. Similac is a product of healthcare company Abbott. I put the free formula samples in a kitchen cabinet, figuring we might use them later. One box held envelopes of the brand Enfamil, the other box contained three big cans of Similac formula. We didn't ask for formula, but late last year the companies sent colorful boxes of coupons and milk powder to us in Memphis. It may have happened when my wife created an online baby gift registry. Two different companies learned that my wife and I were expecting a child. The boxes of infant formula arrived at our home before the baby did.

Many countries around the world restrict the marketing of infant formula.

Critics argue the free samples and other tactics push women away from breastfeeding, which is generally considered healthier.

These and other marketing practices have caused controversy for decades.A large-scale recall of possibly contaminated infant formula highlights food companies' common practice of giving out free samples of infant formula through the mail, through hospitals and in other settings.

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