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US TO FLY IN BABY FORMULA ON MILITARY CONTRACTED PLANES
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19 May 2022 11:54AM (Updated: 19 May 2022 11:56AM)
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WASHINGTON: The US government will fly in baby formula on commercial planes
contracted by the military in an airlift aimed at easing the major shortage
plaguing the country, the White House said on Wednesday (May 18).
The lack of formula - the result of a perfect storm of supply chain issues and a
massive recall - is leaving parents increasingly desperate, and has become a
political headache for President Joe Biden as midterm elections loom.
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The Department of Defense "will use its contracts with commercial air cargo
lines, as it did to move materials during the early months of the COVID
pandemic, to transport products from manufacturing facilities abroad that have
met Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety standards," the White House said.
"Bypassing regular air freighting routes will speed up the importation and
distribution of formula and serve as an immediate support as manufacturers
continue to ramp up production," it said, dubbing the effort "Operation Fly
Formula".
Biden has also invoked the Defense Production Act to give baby formula
manufacturers first priority in supplies.
"Directing firms to prioritise and allocate the production of key infant formula
inputs will help increase production and speed up in supply chains," the White
House said.
Initially caused by supply chain blockages and a lack of production workers due
to the pandemic, the shortage was exacerbated in February when, after the death
of two infants, manufacturer Abbott announced a "voluntary recall" for formula
made at its factory in Michigan and shut down that location.
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A subsequent investigation cleared the formula, and the FDA reached an agreement
on Monday with Abott to resume production. But it will take weeks to get the
critical product back on store shelves.
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Biden wrote in a letter to the heads of the Departments of Agriculture and
Health and Human Services that imports of formula "will serve as a bridge to
this ramped up production".
"I request that you work expeditiously to identify any and all avenues to speed
the importation of safe infant formula into the United States and onto store
shelves," the president wrote.
The shortage has left many parents frantic and fearful their infants may starve.
Formula is a necessity for many families, particularly in low-income households
in which mothers have to return to work almost immediately after giving birth
and cannot breastfeed.
A further issue is that prices for the formula that remains have skyrocketed.
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The desperation of parents is highlighted on social media, where posts shared
hundreds of thousands of times urge people to make formula at home - a move
pediatricians warn against.
"It won't meet your baby's essential nutritional needs, can be very dangerous to
their growth and development, and can even make your baby sick," Tanya Altmann,
author of several parenting books and founder of Calabasas Pediatrics in
California, told AFP.
The formula shortage also has political consequences, with the Republican
opposition - which has set its sights on wresting back control of Congress in
November's midterm elections - seizing on the issue to berate Biden and the
Democrats.
The United States relies on domestic producers for 98 per cent of the baby
formula it consumes. The average out-of-stock rate for the key product hit 43
per cent earlier this month, according to Datasembly, which collected
information from more than 11,000 retailers.
Source: AFP/az
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