United States, milk powder crisis: what causes the shortage of the product

In the United States continues to miss the milk powder for babies and the White House is running for cover. President Joe Bidenlast May 18, announced that it will use the Defense Production Act – law of 1950 passed on the occasion of the war in Korea – to order the industrial chain to give priority to production of powdered milk (baby-formula) compared to other goods

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Powdered milk has been missing from the shelves of US supermarkets for weeks now. The chain stores where it is still located – Target, CVS, Walmart – have meanwhile decided to limit the amount of product that can be purchased from parents. THE reasons behind this deficiency are different

Powdered milk crisis, Biden resorts to a law of war

Last February Abbott Nutritioncompany from which – reports the New York Times – reaches beyond the 40% milk powder in the United States, it has production stopped voluntarily, after that two children had died following ainfection bacterial broke out after ingesting their product. Two other children had been hospitalized

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The establishment from which the stocks came, that of Sturgis (Michigan), it was temporarily closed and the lots already distributed in the country had been withdrawn

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In some areas of the country, Abbott’s is the only product available for low-income familiesbeing distributed since special federal assistance program additional for women, babies and children

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The case of Abbott Nutrition has gone to make an already complicated picture worse, due to the supply crisis due to the lack of raw material and of labor linked to the pandemic from COVID-19. On May 8, according to data provided by Datasemblythroughout the nation the 43% of stocks of powdered milk. In April, 30% was uncovered. In the first half of the 2021, with the coronavirus crisis in full swing, we had arrived at8%

Few other companies that produce powdered milk within national borders. Together with Abbott, 90% of the total product comes from Nestlé, Perrigo and Reckitt Benckiser, writes Al Jazeera

In addition to dusting off the 1950s war law, the White House has mandated that Ministries of Health and Agriculture use Defense cargo ships for import from abroad powdered milk that meets the standards set by the Food and Drug Administration (Fda)

The White House has announced that it will make the guidelines on requirements from less stringent imports. Pentagon freighters are expected to carry approx 1.5 million packs of milk powder arriving from ZurichSwiss

Meanwhile, a agreement between Abbott and Fda to reopen the Michigan plant. But the FDA itself warned that operations could only restart in a week or twowith further delays in distribution

The issue then became political, with the republicans who attacked the Biden administration, blaming it for having used availabilities of powdered milk “for immigrants”, Leaving American citizens out of stock