Posted on 05/18/2022 5:54:18 PM PDT by RandFan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country’s largest formula manufacturing plant.
The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill orders from those companies before other customers, in an effort to eliminate production bottlenecks. Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S., in what the White House is calling “Operation Fly Formula.”
Supplies of baby formula across the country have been severely curtailed in recent weeks after a February recall by Abbott Nutrition exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers, leaving fewer options on store shelves and increasingly anxious parents struggling to find nutrition for their children.
“I know parents across the country are worried about finding enough formula to feed their babies,” Biden said in a video statement released by the White House. ”As a parent and as a grandparent, I know just how stressful that is.”
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Is there a more than 1 sniff minimum?
LMAO
guess he is trying to cover for his stupid mistake of sending the formula to the illegal invaders at the border!
All for naught, at best it will speed up delivery by one day, but hey, a bunch of connected congressman will get big kickbacks and the Big Guy gets his 10%
Uggggghhh. Per some or other spokes creep, the problem is that one company owns 43% market share in the industry, and their biggest plant is offline because it has problems passing inspection. Uh, both of those are government problems.
A lot to do the de fence at the border.
Or lack there of anyway.
Biden’s overall strategy:
Step 1: Do something stupid.
Step 2: Ignore the chaos caused by Step 1.
Step 3: After many people complain, do something that might reduce the chaos caused by Step 1.
Step 4: Go back to Step 1.
~When the baby formula shortage hit it was *I* who invoked the Defense Production Act to solve the crisis~
fly formula supplies that
meet federal standards
from overseas to the U.S., in what the White House is calling “Operation Fly Formula.”
/\
Like microstamping pistols
There ARE NO foreign formulas that meet fda standards !
That’s why there aren’t any foreign made formula on the American shelf to begin with !
They honestly think we all have the I.Q. of AOC.
Pure BS from the POS.
/
It’s a weasel statement.
They aren’t going to airlift anything in ,
the release says they are bringing in something that doesn’t exist
FDA approved formula.
NO SUCH THING EXISTS.
It’s a bald face weasel lie.
/
They could just give Americans back the formula sitting in DHS warehouseS at the border !
He feeds the invaders babies and promises rainbow unicorn farts from europe to citizens babies.
Lying evil TalyBiden.
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> “Operation Fly Formula.”
hmm. hmmmm. hmmmmhmmmmhmhmhmhm. buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
You are exactly right. You can find formula on eBay.co.uk but they will not mail to the US.
The Europeans have different nutritional regime from that of the US and therefore cannot be sold here.
That and the factories must undergo US FDA inspection.
So no, the European formula will not be sold here.
Idiot Biden moved baby formula from factories to the Mexican border to give away free to illegal aliens. He is the idiot who created the crisis of shortages for Americans!
Could do the same with ammunition and components.
Nothing like being reactive.
Slow and ineffective so he can only react to emergency after emergency. Isn’t that leadership 101?
Won’t matter
It will still take 6 weeks to fill supply gap...
Zactly...
The exception to the rule:
Published: 01 January 2004
Fatal flaw in baby formula sparks reform in Israeli ministry
Heat treated soybeans ruined a vital nutrient.
Gee, FJB, Maybe allow the plant that was cleared weeks ago to reopen??
Just a thought...
Maybe they can import some from china with natural lead paint chips in every bottle
Some manufacturers try to cut corners, but then the government
can come in and make you qualify like they didn’t the time
before.
It’s a real mess.
All you have to do is have an inspector with a burr up his
posterior, and you’re in trouble.
Manufacturers aren’t perfect either.
It should balance out, but once in a while things come
together to make it all fall apart.
I haven’t worked in this field, but I have worked in another
field where the inspectors are not always of the same mind.
What got you buy last time, won’t this time.
These inspectors keep changing the rules to make themselves
a necessary profession. It’s all a racket.
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