So here is a timeline of events by the Dailymail (yuck but it's the only one I can find) https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.da...y-formula-plant-ceased-production.html?espv=1 It seems they may be overstating the time to restock. TIMELINE SHOWS HOW AMERICA'S LARGEST BABY FORMULA PLANT CEASED PRODUCTION Abbott Laboratories, the biggest baby formula supplier in the U.S., ceased production at its Michigan plant in February 2022 amid reports of fatal bacterial infections. A timeline of events shows reveals the shut down was the plant had previously been under scrutiny by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). September 2021: The FDA conducted a four-day inspection of the Abbott Laboratories plant in Sturgis, Michigan. The inspection report revealed the plant 'did not maintain' clean and sanitary conditions in at least one building that manufactured, processed, packaged or held baby formula. FDA officials also observed poor hand washing among Abbott plant staff who 'worked directly with infant formula.' The FDA also noted an instance of improper equipment maintenance and temperature control. October 2021: A whistleblower sends the FDA a 34-page document outlining potential concerns with the Sturgis plant. The document, which was made public by Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro in April 2022, was written by a former plant employee. The employee accused the plant of lax cleaning practices, falsifying records, releasing untested infant formula, and hiding information during an FDA audit in 2019, among other issues. January - March 2022: The FDA conducted multiple inspections at the Sturgis plant over the course of three months in 2022. A ten-page inspection report revealed multiple violations at the facility. The agency alleged the plant failed to ensure that all surfaces that contact infant formula were maintained to prevent cross-contamination. The report states the facility 'did not establish a system of process controls' to ensure the baby formula 'does not become adulterated due to the presence of microorganisms in the formula or the processing environment.' Officials also alleged the plant failed to disclose in an investigation report whether a health hazard existed at the facility. Additionally, the report stated plant workers were did not wear the 'necessary protective material' when working directly with infant formula. February 17: U.S. health officials urgently warn parents against using three popular baby formulas manufactured at the Abbott plant in Michigan. Investigators claim the products were recently linked to bacterial contamination after an infant died and three others fell ill. Abbott voluntarily recalled several major brands and shut down its Sturgis plant. The FDA also said it is investigating four reports of infants who were hospitalized after consuming the formula, including one who died. February 28: Abbott Laboratories expanded its recall of Similac baby formulas after a second infant who was exposed to the powdered baby formula died. April 15: Abbott releases a statement alleging it is working closely with the FDA to restart operations at the Sturgis plant. Week of April 24: The nationwide share of out-of-stock baby formula hit 40 percent. Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, seemingly hardest hit by the shortages, reported out-of-stock rates of about 50 percent. May 10: Abbott releases a statement to DailyMail.com claiming 'thorough investigation' by the FDA and Abbott revealed 'infant formula produced at our Sturgis facility is not the likely source of infection in the reported cases and that there was not an outbreak caused by products from the facility'. Abbott claims they are 'working closely with the FDA to restart operations' at the plant, with the spokesperson noting: 'We continue to make progress on corrective actions and will be implementing additional actions as we work toward addressing items related to the recent recall'. The FDA told DailyMail.com it was holding discussions with 'Abbott and other manufacturers to increase production of different specialty and metabolic products' but refused to say when the Sturgis plant could reopen. Sen. Mitt Romney issued a letter to the FDA and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) urging leaders to address the formula shortage and work to prevent future threats to infant health. May 11: Lawmakers on Capitol Hill announce plans to hold a hearing in two weeks on infant formula shortages. Abbott announced it would take up to ten weeks for the company to get baby formula to retailers once the Sturgis plant reopens. Abbott also said: 'After a thorough review of all available data, there is no evidence to link our formulas to these infant illnesses.'
Reading up on how much of a knock back this will have to Ireland and Europe with inflation and such I found this piece on how US parents were already turning to European brands before. The lack of goat milk formula in the US is surprising. The say it should not matter cow or goat but I remember it made a huge difference for a month or so. Why US Parents Are Choosing European Baby Formula PUBLISHED MARCH 12, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/us-parents-european-baby-formula/ Article seems not to be tolled.
First let's carefully read the text from the article -- "The Post was unable to immediately independently verify the location of the images or obtain additional information about the history and frequency of shipments or the distribution of the formula." So Rep. Kat Cammack claims the photos with 'Do Not Take" came from an "agent" showing storage at the Ursula Migrant Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. It later comes out that the 'warehouse" photos most likely come from a general distribution warehouse (which ships all over) and are not from the migrant processing center. By the way - maybe Kat Cammack needs to lay off the formula... there are starving babies out there. While the pictures of the shelves with the apple sauce may very well be from the migrant processing facility -- it is becoming more unlikely that the "warehouse" pictures are from the facility -- seeing they don't have a dedicated "warehouse area" of the size shown in the pictures. Let's take a look at the summary at Snopes. Even if they took all the formula sent to migrant processing facilities away -- it barely is a tiny drop in the bucket from a national perspective. And not providing detained immigrant children with formula would also effectively undermine international agreements plus probably being considered a crime against humanity. But the GOPers are all in on demanding the formula be stripped from the migrant processing centers. https://www.snopes.com/news/2022/05/13/baby-formula-us-mexico-border/
What is the objective here....Was Big Kat mislead? maybe Is she was , then do the critics care to ask if there is formula available for the children...If yes then where did the supply from from and shouldn't it be on allocation. If no formula is available then ...more starving children?
Cant feed the children we have yet republicans are about to add millions more from women who dont want them and wont/cant properly care for them.In 10-18 years the streets will be flooded with millions of kids from moms that didn't want them,dads that will never the meet them,grew up in poverty and poorly educated from shit schools that didn't teach them anything.Doesn't take a genius to figure out how this will turn out
So TonyStark's solution for the people who dont have enough is to murder them. He supports moving Planned Parenthood into more predominately black areas so we have more black abortions. He supports all this then has the balls to turn around and says Black Lives Matter. Of course he wants the US Tax payer to pick up his college loans too.
The government welfare cost from birth to 18 for poor mothers who cant afford their children is far more than the average college loan.Just section 8 and food stamps is over 1,000 a month for a poor single mother,and they get that 18 years.Than there is schooling,health care cost etc.The avg cost per student at public schools is over 10,000 a year.Considering millions of these kids were not wanted by their mother,wont have a father in their life,grow up in poverty with a poor education there will be prison, jail and probation cost for millions of them after the first welfare benefits stop when they turn 18 along with medicaid/Obamacare costs etc as well (Obamacare credits is around 300-400 a month).Than the cycle starts all over again when they are forced to have children they don't want.Great job republicans.
Tony Stark, this may have posted one of the most evil things ever posted on ET. You are determining the worth of a person based on their socio/economic status and bragging about it. The solution posed by Tony Stark is that if a person is a burden on society that the solution is to murder them. Why stop this thinking on the unborn? If there is a 6 month old, 2 year old, a 10 year old why not apply the same principle? Abort all babies from the lower tiers of society is your solution. There is a term for that, it is eugenics and it was one of the most evil ideas to come out the 20th century. Why even bother with abortion, why not just fast forward to forced sterilization? Why would there be any abortions in the first place? Obamacare passed more than 10 years ago and mandated that health plans include free contraception. So if you were an 80 year nun, Obamacare said you had a right to contraception.
Really, there's a lot of pizza cheese fat blocking up your brain kiddo. The Fox news comment section is more coherent.