(Reuters) – Abbott Laboratories’ Michigan plant, which was at the center of the U.S. baby formula shortage last year, is being investigated by the Justice Department, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Attorneys with the Justice Department’s consumer-protection branch are conducting the criminal investigation, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Abbott did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)
