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After months of stalling Abbott, Feds finally use Defense Production Act for Baby Formula
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:41 am
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:41 am
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President Biden invokes Defense Production Act for baby formula, and it’s about time
Not the Bee
President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act on Wednesday to immediately alleviate the shortage in baby formula caused by his administration's shut down of a major factory 3 months ago due to FDA concerns about food safety.
The announcement comes as the supply of infant formula across the country has decreased 40% since April, leaving parents of newborns frantic to find food to feed their babies.
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Invoking the Defense Production Act means that suppliers will have to fill all orders related to baby formula first, no matter in what order they were received. The FDA has also cleared the opening of the Abbott factory that had been shut down, though the speed with which these measures will see formula return to shelves is dubious.
The Biden administration continues to face criticism for its response to yet another crisis of its own making, waiting months to address a concern that they were aware of as early as February.
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Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:46 am to frequent flyer
Will take some time for ingredient makers to re-priortize and ship I would imagine.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:46 am to frequent flyer
About 3 months too late.
Would have been easier to just not shut down Abbott after they found no evidence of product issues.
Would have been easier to just not shut down Abbott after they found no evidence of product issues.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:47 am to Sao
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Will take some time for ingredient makers to re-priortize and ship I would imagine.
7-8 weeks roughly. It's going to be a bad summer for parents of infants that depend on formula.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:47 am to frequent flyer
THis is Abbott's chance to shine.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:48 am to frequent flyer
Dems will claim victory for sure!
This post was edited on 5/19/22 at 9:49 am
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:49 am to frequent flyer
It's the least Biden can do after his minions at the FDA caused this whole fricking problem.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:49 am to frequent flyer
Government getting more involved….
Yeah that will help.
Yeah that will help.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:52 am to frequent flyer
Guys, now republicans can get away with screaming for months that Biden didn’t do anything at all to solve the formula shortage. When the left says “he invoked the defense production act”, we get to completely ignore it, not get called out for it, and people will believe it because the media will report the same thing… right? RIGHT? After all, that’s what happened after Trump invoked the act to make sure hospitals had enough ventilators for Covid very early on in that crisis. Just making sure we get to play by the same rules here.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:52 am to poochie
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Dems will claim victory for sure!
There's no issue with baby formula production. Also, it's a good thing that Abbott was shut down.
-American Media
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:53 am to frequent flyer
This is like shooting someone with buckshot and then cheering yourself for giving them a bandaid
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:54 am to goofball
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About 3 months too late.
Government efficiency that we’ve sadly come to expect. To be honest, I’m surprised it only took them 3 months.
What kills me though, considering we have example after example of how the government absolutely sucks arse at matters not related to national defense, is there are millions of Americans who want more and more government control over every aspect of our lives.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:54 am to TDsngumbo
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Just making sure we get to play by the same rules here.
No, that was (D)ifferent.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:55 am to frequent flyer
Thanks Joe. 
Posted on 5/19/22 at 9:57 am to Harry Morgan
"Fine! If we can't abort them we'll just starve them to death..."
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:01 am to Centinel
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No, that was (D)ifferent.
Of course it was.
Not to mention that demand for baby formula has remained fairly predictable and steady over the years. The supply disruption in this case was CAUSED by the federal government.
Whereas demand for PPE in spring 2020 skyrocketed and grew well beyond what any reasonable production forecast could predict.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:05 am to frequent flyer
I'm kinda diggin one federal agency dick-slapping another.
But I don't have babies so I can watch from the stands.
But I don't have babies so I can watch from the stands.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:05 am to sawtooth
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Government getting more involved….
Yeah that will help.
Probably shipping all of it to the border for the people who snuck in illegally. Because they would hate to send those future voters back to where they came from.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:16 am to poochie
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Dems will claim victory for sure!
Well, it is why they waited so long. Had they done something about it back in March/April, the problem would have been resolved before it hit the shelves and media. Therefore, no one would know that the Dems saved us once again.
Posted on 5/19/22 at 10:23 am to frequent flyer
Anxiously awaiting The View's episode on how great Biden handled this crisis and white supremacists caused the whole issue.
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