Posted on 05/22/2022 10:49:39 AM PDT by RandFan
The first shipment of foreign-produced infant formula imported under “Operation Fly Formula” is scheduled to touch down in the U.S. on Sunday.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be on hand to receive 132 pallets of formula produced by Switzerland’s Nestle S.A. set to arrive in Indianapolis, the White House said Saturday.
This shipment includes bottles of both Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula, which the administration prioritized due to the “critical medical purpose” they serve.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered military aircraft to transport the shipment from Ramstein Air Base in Germany.
The administration announced Thursday that it had sourced 1.5 million bottles of formula from Nestle under the program.
The administration stood up Operation Fly Formula to streamline foreign formula imports and announced the program Wednesday along with invoking the defense production act to stem the ongoing formula shortage.
Under the program, the Health and Human Services and Agriculture departments will use Pentagon-contracted commercial aircraft to pick up overseas infant formula that meets U.S. health and safety standards.
The move lets the carriers bypass regular air-freight routes, which the White House says will speed up final delivery to store shelves.
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Such an embarrassment
Folks around the world are laughing at the USA
Seriously, who would come up with this kind of a name, Obama?
Everything he touches turns to...
An absolute and utter embarrassment. I hope there is video or pictures for whatever campaign season to remind people how utterly incompetent Democrats really are.
Hope it isn’t directly or indirectly coming from China.
“Operation Fly Formula”
Is that formula for flies or formula made from flies?
How much of it is going straight to the border?
Will this be given away for free? Or will there be some kind of Hunger Games competition?
Thanks Lord of the Flies!
Biden shuts down domestic drilling then turns to Venezuela for more oil/gas
Biden's FDA shuts down domestic baby formula producer then turns to Europe for more baby formula
ERASING OUR BORDERS WHILE SPENDING BILLION$ TO DEFEND UKRAINE'S!!!
Biden promotes abortion of we citizen's babies then turns to Mexico, South America, Somolia, and God knows where else for more illegal aliens to enter America.
People of color first!
It’s kind of like he hates the United States.
They’ll probably have a Brass Band playing and politicians holding up babies for photo op.
it was on the fly...
Only under Democrat Party incompetence would this country suffer a freakin' baby formula shortage.
132/57=?
Drop in a bucket.
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