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Formula shortage was one good thing. Read on.
February 2022, Abbott Nutrition recalled certain lots of Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare powdered formulas, as well as one lot of the medical formula Similac PM 60/40. All the recalled formulas had been manufactured in Abbott's Sturgis, Michigan, plant.
The formula shortage stemmed from a product recall by an Abbott Nutrition facility in Michigan, where unsanitary conditions and contaminated products led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to temporarily shut down the facility. Abbott re-opened the facility in early June, under strict FDA oversight, but was forced to close the plant again on June 15 due to torrential rain and flooding in the area. The Abbott closure was the catalyst to a crisis that has been years in the making: Policies and legislation that have permitted market consolidation of formula production by just a few companies, ongoing supply chain issues due to the pandemic, and corporate profiteering made this national shortage possible.
The shutdown of the Abbott factory in Michigan, which accounted for approximately 43 percent of total consumption of formula according to the most recently available data has had devastating consequences.
The shortage was especially acute for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas. The Abbott factory is the only source of many of those products. The FDA has faced intense criticism for taking months to close the plant and then negotiate its reopening.
Tariffs can be as high as 17.5 percent, and there are quotas limiting imports from the rest of North America.
“crisis that has been years in the making” Trump Admin. GOP controlled Senate and Congress. No preventive action was taken.😢
The Biden administration has taken several steps to increase supply in the short term. Foreign products that meet FDA standards are being airlifted to the United States, and the administration has invoked the Defense Production Act to give domestic producers priority for needed input components to manufacture more formula. Congress quickly passed the Access to Baby Formula Act to increase flexibility for WIC participants to purchase other formula products other than the sole-source contractor and the FDA prioritized the safe reopening of the Abbott plant while expediting the evaluation of imports to determine if foreign producers meet FDA safety, nutrition, and other requirements.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-national-baby-formula-shortage-and-the-inequitable-u-s-food-system/
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In your adult life you never knew who sets gasoline prices? President doesn’t decide prices at the pump. Oil corporation and station!! Biden asked USA oil companies to pump more barrels. You think Texan did? He flew to Saudi Arabia asking them to produce more oil. SA prince is business associate to tog. Do you think prince did? Prince went to putin and setup a plan to increase prices on USA by creating a demand in oil. Profit of increased went to putin and Russia’s war. This is why Biden used reserves oil to help bring down prices. Now go b to big oil Corp president and ceo.
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