Mead Johnson hit again by cargo thieves

Consumer healthcare company Mead Johnson suffered a full truckload (FTL) theft of infant formula products last week in Michigan, US.

The theft is the latest in a series of incidents involving Mead Johnson products over the last few years.

In the latest case, a trailer containing more than 3,000 cases of Enfamil brand infant formula products was taken from a drop lot in Grand Rapids, Michigan, sometime over the weekend of November 3-4.

The tally of stolen goods included 1,600 cases of Enfamil Premium powder, 340 cases of Enfamil Premium concentrate liquid, 864 cases of Enfamil Gentlease powder and 288 cases apiece of Enfamil Prosobee and Enfamil AR Lipil powder.

The value of the load has not been divulged, but an earlier FTL theft of assorted Enfamil pr oducts in November 2011 was reported at the time to be worth around $250,000.

The previous August Mead Johnson lost an FTL of infant formula products estimated to be worth around half a million dollars in a raid in Michigan, but was able to recover the shipment intact. That incident followed thefts of infant formula in both March 2011 and October 2010.

Cargo theft news in brief

- A last-mile hijacking of a courier van in Los Angeles, California, on November 5 resulted in the loss of 10 totes of assorted pharmaceutical products. The driver of the van was assaulted repeatedly with a Taser device during the incident.

- On around October 20, a FTL theft resulted in the loss of more than 5,500 cases of assorted Mucinex brand congestion remedies, manufactured by Reckitt Benckiser, from a refuelling centre in Richland, Mississippi.