The baby formula supply problem is getting worse [merged threads]

[Dashinka 23,447]

47 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

GOP rep says illegal migrants sent ‘pallets’ of hard-to-find baby formula

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/gop-rep-illegal-migrants-pallets-baby-formula

You just can't make this stuff up.    So maybe the mothers in this area can go into Mexico and then cross back and demand to be sent to to the detention center.

Edited May 12, 2022 by Dashinka

[Dashinka 23,447]

Starving American Babies Disguise Selves As Ukrainian Soldiers In Hopes Of Getting $40 Billion In Federal Aid
 

 

KYIV—This Wednesday, reports poured in that thousands of babies have been smuggling themselves into Ukraine dressed as Ukrainian soldiers. The refugee infants say they are seeking leftovers from the federal aid Biden has sent to the war-torn country.

 

“Waah waah waaaaah!” Baby translators at the border were able to render one newborn’s helpless wails into English for reporters. “This baby says he's a battle-hardened Ukrainian commando and he wants some formula.”

 

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/starving-american-babies-sneak-into-ukraine-in-hopes-of-receiving-federal-aid

[TBoneTX 43,549]

Saved!  Trump Reveals He Has Been Stockpiling Baby Formula For Seven Years After Being Warned Of Coming Shortage In A Dream

 

PALM BEACH, FL—The nation can breathe a sigh of relief today as former President Trump announced he has been stockpiling baby formula for seven years after being warned in a dream of the coming shortage.

"I have so many silos filled, it's unbelievable," said President Trump as he cracked open a fresh can.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/saved-trump-reveals-he-has-been-saving-baby-formula-for-seven-years-after-being-warned-of-coming-shortage-in-a-dream

[Dashinka 23,447]

Mom Switching Baby Formula Escalates Baby's Health Issues

 

 

Colon expressed further frustration at people who are attempting to financially exploit the formula shortage, buying products in bulk and reselling them online for around triple the price. She has been lucky, however, as family members in other states have been able to mail her formula bought in areas where the shortage has been less severe.

 

"It's so unfair, we hardly have any on the shelves, but now people who don't need it are buying them just to resell them for more money," Colon vented.

The formula shortage began in late 2021 when it was among the many products impacted by severe global supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent weeks, the issue has escalated in severity following a recall of several products produced by Abbott Nutrition and the shutdown of one of its factories in Michigan. The recalled formulas were linked to the hospitalizations of numerous infants and the deaths of two.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mom-switching-baby-formula-escalates-babys-health-issues/ar-AAXl4M6

[beloved_dingo 1,946]

On 5/12/2022 at 9:10 AM, yuna628 said:

I'm not entirely sure how we expect the government to solve the problem of baby formula. Ingredients to make the formula is undergoing a global supply chain issue and the largest manufacturer decided it would be better to spend money elsewhere instead of fixing broken down critically needed devices that kept the formula contamination free. The company has been very slow to acknowledge or fix the problem, so what can we do besides fine them? Importation of such formula from outside this country is nearly impossible due to safety regulation. Studies show there has also been a bit of a baby boom this year, and mothers are not breastfeeding which increases demand. Meanwhile, you can go to my local town facebook page and find posts of persons that have been hoarding and stealing formula and are trying to make some hot $$$'s.

Don't you know that literally every issue is the president's fault when the "other party" is in office (even when the problem in question is global)? 😂

Both sides do this. If the president actually had that much control I would be very concerned, regardless of who was in office.

[beloved_dingo 1,946]

On 5/12/2022 at 11:25 AM, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

GOP rep says illegal migrants sent ‘pallets’ of hard-to-find baby formula

 

https://www.foxnews.com/us/gop-rep-illegal-migrants-pallets-baby-formula

Okay...but literally no babies deserve to starve to death. Are you suggesting that babies at the border should just die? 

[Boiler 43,876]

10 minutes ago, beloved_dingo said:

Don't you know that literally every issue is the president's fault when the "other party" is in office (even when the problem in question is global)? 😂

Both sides do this. If the president actually had that much control I would be very concerned, regardless of who was in office.

Apparently Joe will fix it

 

Not exactly a topic that interests me but even I knew it was an issue a long time backs, apparently the Administration did not

 

It is a regulated industry 

[Boiler 43,876]

2 minutes ago, beloved_dingo said:

Okay...but literally no babies deserve to starve to death. Are you suggesting that babies at the border should just die? 

No mention of shortages in Mexico 

[Dashinka 23,447]

42 minutes ago, beloved_dingo said:

Don't you know that literally every issue is the president's fault when the "other party" is in office (even when the problem in question is global)? 😂

Both sides do this. If the president actually had that much control I would be very concerned, regardless of who was in office.

Yes, both sides do it. The Covid pearl clutching in 2020 was just as extreme.  That being said, the current administration does share some blame here.  The shortage of baby formula was increasing back in the Fall of 2021 associated with the atrocious supply chain issues partially caused by Covid policies.  Then in February, the largest plant making this formula was essentially shut-down by this Administration's FDA, and is still shut-down three months later greatly impacting the US supply.  Now initially this plant was shut-down based on a few suspected cases of contamination that has since been determined to not have come from this plant.  How does it take 3+ months to determine this issue and yet the plant is still shut-down.  Then of course the Democrat led Congress has been more worried of the January 6th Committee, the Ukraine, or anything else instead of working on eliminating barriers to be able to get this formula from other sources overseas.  Of course now that this has become a big story and we are seeing desperate mothers and fathers searching for formula, we start seeing the action that should have been happening since at least November/December of 2021.

 

This Administration deserves the criticism, just as the last Administration deserves the criticism heaped on it from the Left/Dems/MSM in 2020.

[yuna628 9,548]

44 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Apparently Joe will fix it

 

Not exactly a topic that interests me but even I knew it was an issue a long time backs, apparently the Administration did not

 

It is a regulated industry 

The way I understand it is we could allow floods of perfectly safe formula into the country but can't because... regulation stuff which is funded/lobbying by the two main manufacturers that kind of have a chokehold? CBP regularly gets 'illegal' shipments in cargo or mail and tosses the stuff. This article talks a lot about it, including the regulation hurdles from the previous administration and kept in place by the current one. https://reason.com/2022/05/09/americas-trade-and-regulatory-policies-have-contributed-to-the-baby-formula-shortage/

Edited May 16, 2022 by yuna628

[laylalex 7,268]

Some good news: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/16/abbott-baby-formula-fda-sturgis-michigan

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Abbott Nutrition said Monday it has reached an agreement with the Food and Drug Administration to reopen its infant formula plant, paving the way for increased baby formula supply amid the ongoing shortage.

 

[Dashinka 23,447]

1 hour ago, laylalex said:

Some good news: https://www.axios.com/2022/05/16/abbott-baby-formula-fda-sturgis-michigan

 

Yes, I read about that in the local news today.  It will still be two weeks (or more) before production resumes and another 6-8 weeks for product to hit shelves.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,336]

4 hours ago, beloved_dingo said:

Okay...but literally no babies deserve to starve to death. Are you suggesting that babies at the border should just die? 

Are you suggesting the babies not at the border should die ?  See how absurd that was

[Dashinka 23,447]

No worries.  Joe's hand picked mouthpiece at the FDA says there is only a distribution problem.

 

 

FDA head insists baby formula shortage caused by ‘distribution’ issues, not lack of supply

 

Despite his agency shutting down the nation’s largest baby formula factory for months, the head of the Food and Drug Administration on Monday blamed a “distribution problem” for empty store shelves across the US, as lawmakers fumed about a lackluster federal response to the crisis.

 

“I don’t want this to sound in any way like we’re not concerned about the parents that are struggling to find formula for their children,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said on CNN. “That’s definitely happening in parts of the country. But you know, the number of stock on shelves is about 90% before … the recall, and it dropped to about 79% at its lowest, and we’re on the way back up now.” 

 

Califf insisted that “there is formula out there” and blamed the shortages on a February recall by supplier Abbott Nutrition of name-brand formulas produced at its plant in Sturgis, Mich.

 

https://nypost.com/2022/05/16/fda-head-no-baby-formula-shortage-just-distribution-issues/

Edited May 17, 2022 by Dashinka

[beloved_dingo 1,946]

14 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Are you suggesting the babies not at the border should die ?  See how absurd that was

Your response is absurd. All babies deserve to be fed. Everyone deserves to have enough food to live.

Babies at the border being fed does NOT EQUATE to other babies dying. However, babies at the border don't have parents that can drive out of state to obtain formula or buy off of Facebook or go to a foodbank or any of those options. Babies at the border that aren't directly provided formula WILL DIE if they do not have breastmilk as an option.

 

If food in general was in short supply I would still expect prisoners, detainees, and institutionalized people to be fed. 

Edited May 17, 2022 by beloved_dingo