To address a persistent statewide shortage, the White House stated that more than 20 million bottles of infant formula will shortly be airlifted into the US.
The equivalent of over 16 million 8-ounce bottles of Gerber infant formula will initially be transported from Mexico to Fort Worth, Texas, on Friday, according to announcements made on Wednesday.
According to several news announcements, more than 1.5 million Nestlé bottles were being delivered from Germany to Texas, while around 5.5 million bottles of Bub’s formula were being shipped from Philadelphia and Melbourne, Australia, respectively, to Los Angeles this week.
To get newborn formula on shelves more quickly, federal agencies have teamed together as part of President Joe Biden’s “Operation Fly Formula” mission to pick up government-approved infant formula shipments from foreign distributors and fly them back to the United States.
The US has been grappling with a newborn formula shortage that began as a result of COVID-19 pandemic supply chain issues and was made worse by the closure of the country’s largest formula facility due to a deadly bacteria fear.
More than 1.5 million Nestlé bottles were being carried from Germany to Texas, and this week, over 5.5 million Bubs formula bottles were being shipped from Philadelphia and Melbourne, Australia, respectively, to Los Angeles.
As part of President Joe Biden’s “Operation Fly Formula” goal, federal agencies have joined forces to collect government-approved infant formula shipments from foreign distributors and fly them back to the United States to get newborn formula on shelves more rapidly.
The COVID-19 pandemic supply chain challenges that caused the US to have a newborn formula scarcity have been made worse by the closure of the nation’s largest formula factory owing to concerns about a dangerous pathogen.
Good Start by Gerber One of the items flown in from Mexico as part of Operation Fly Formula was gentle baby formula.
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After the Food and Drug Administration investigated whether two baby bacterium deaths and two other illnesses were linked to the facility, Abbott Laboratories closed its Michigan facility in February.
Despite stating that it would take eight weeks for the new formula production to hit shop shelves, the plant restarted in early June.
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The FDA revealed on Wednesday that it was looking into the January death of another baby who drank factory-made formula.
The inquiry by the FDA turned up several infractions at the factory, even though it was unable to conclusively link Abbott to any deaths.
Gerber’s Good Start Gentle baby formula was one of the supplies flown in from Mexico as part of Operation Fly Formula.
Abbott Laboratories shut down its Michigan location in February after the Food and Drug Administration looked into whether two newborn bacterial deaths and two other infections were related to the facility.
The plant reopened in early June despite predictions that it would take eight weeks for the new formula to appear on store shelves.
