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Abbott Restarts Similac Infant Formula Production at Michigan Facility
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Amid Nationwide Shortage, Long Beach to Distribute 950 Cans of Baby Formula
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Enfamil Maker Reckitt Flies Baby Formula to US From Singapore
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Abbott Says It Has Reopened Michigan Baby Formula Plant
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US FDA Working to Allow Overseas Infant Formula Beyond Shortage
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to allow overseas manufacturers of baby formula to keep selling in the country beyond the current shortage, the health regulator said on Wednesday. The FDA in May said it would allow baby formula imports until Nov. 14 to ease a shortage that had left parents…
Shortage of Specialized Infant Formula to Continue Through Summer: Health Canada
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US Importing Baby Formula From Mexico to Ease Shortage
June 22, 2022
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing logistical support to import the equivalent of about 16 million 8-ounce baby formula bottles from Mexico starting this weekend, as part of its efforts to ease nationwide supply shortages caused by the closure of the largest U.S. manufacturing plant. The Department of Health and Human Services…
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