Tag: baby formula

USDA Must Address ‘Corporate Concentration’ of Baby Formula Industry: Democrat Senators

Eight Democrat senators have written a letter to the Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Thomas J. Vilsack asking him to tackle the baby formula industry’s “alarming level of corporate concentration” amid a shortage of the product. Four companies, Abbott Nutrition, Mead Johnson, Gerber, and Perrigo, control almost 90 percent of the…


Baby Formula Maker Says Shipping Millions of Cans From Another Country

Abbott Laboratories has flown millions of baby formula cans to the United States to help deal with shortages, the company said on May 13. “We know that the recall has worsened the industry-wide infant formula shortage, and we have been working to get as much product into the hands of parents as we can,” a…


EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Cammack on Why She Exposed Pallets of Baby Formula Sent to Border

As the baby formula shortage escalates across the United States and American parents struggle to feed their children, Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), the youngest Republican woman in Congress, went live on social media on May 11 to drop a bombshell. Photos she had received that morning from Border Patrol agents at the Ursula Migrant Processing…


US House Opens Investigation Into Baby Formula Shortage

U.S. lawmakers on May 13 announced a probe into the baby formula shortage hitting American consumers. The House Oversight Committee is investigating what four top formula manufacturers are doing to address the shortage, which stems from the Biden administration forcing the closure of an Abbott Labs plant after an inspection found unsanitary conditions. In letters…


Capitol Report (May 12): People of Faith Killed for Their Organs; America Faces Baby Formula Crisis

On Capitol Hill, there’s a growing call from both Republicans and Democrats to reject the “defund the police” slogan. Some are pushing a measure that would grant more money to police officers around the nation. A ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee joins us and weighs in on whether the protests in front of…


Biden Responds to Baby Formula Shortage; Possible White House-Funding for Crack Pipes Investigated | NTD Evening News

President Joe Biden met with manufacturers on May 12 to discuss solutions to the baby formula shortage in the United States. But some Republican lawmakers say the White House isn’t doing enough to get formula back on the shelves. An investigation has found that crack pipes are being distributed in safe smoking kits in a…


Biden Administration Seeking to Import Baby Formula Amid Shortages

President Joe Biden’s administration will ramp up imports of baby formula amid domestic shortages, the White House announced on May 12. The United States typically produces 98 percent of the formula consumed in the country. “But given the production and distribution issues leading to local short supplies of infant formula, the FDA will, in the…


The Baby Formula Shortage Is Serious

Before I had kids, I thought that breastfeeding was the most natural thing in the world and that it was something that mothers just instantly knew how to do perfectly once the baby was born. I would sit with my calm, little cherubic pink baby at breast, marveling at myself, at the very thought of…


What’s Behind the US Baby Formula Shortage?

The baby formula shortage is intensifying in the United States, according to new Datasembly numbers. The retail information provider reported that out-of-stock (OOS) rates continue to climb nationwide, rising to 43 percent in the week ending May 8. This is up from the 30 to 40 percent readings in April. “Unfortunately, baby formula out-of-stock levels…


US Baby Formula Shortage Intensifies as Parents, Washington Scramble for Solution

The baby formula shortage is intensifying in the United States, according to new Datasembly numbers. The retail information provider reported that out-of-stock (OOS) rates continue to climb nationwide, rising to 43 percent in the week ending May 8. This is up from the 30 to 40 percent readings in April. “Unfortunately, baby formula out-of-stock levels…