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American shelves. the fda as early as later today will have more to say about the expedited process. the bottom line is we want to pull out the stops to get formula back on the shelves and also make sure we do it safely. we know the american people rely on the fda for the safety and well being of the food and formula their children receive. >> dr. murthy, while i have you, i want to ask you about the gun violence epidemic. as you know, this morning so many communities are reeling from what's happened over the weekend. there's buffalo, new york, where there was the mass shooting, laguna woods, ...

Abbot facility. >> they were known problems with that facility going back many years or finding some previous inspections. the agency had a 34-page whistleblower report, there were data falsification and information withheld from inspectors so these should have prompted more gaggressive actio earlier. >> joining us now is dr. vivek murthy, thank you so much for being here. do you agree with dr. scott gottlieb that the fda could have acted sooner? >> it's good to be with you as well. the fda will comment certainly on what needs to happen, and a review of what's happened in the past. the most im...

In the long-term, and look, we know a broader supply chain challenge, and we've seen in part because of the pandemic. we have supply, for example, in the united states that we need to better distribute, and that's one of the reasons we have also been working with retailers to make sure we get formula from areas where there's abundant supply to areas where there's a shortage of supply and i want to say to parents out there who are worried about their children who may have shortages of formula, there are a few key things that you can do. number one, for most infants it's okay to change the brand...

Check with your doctor to see if they have samples. that's one of the reasons we put this together. hhs.gov/formula to provide additional resources, recognizing that parents are running out and they need help. as the fda commissioner said earlier today, we are anticipating over the next few weeks that there will be more and more and more formula on shelves because of the multiple strategies that we are employing to address the shortage. the bottom line is we will be working on this until the problem is solved. we want to be there to support parents and as a parent, i don't think there's anythi...

I know this is a difficult time. this is going to be a problem that we solve, we get more product on the shelf and ultimately we'll figure out how to make sure this kind of challenge is less likely to happen in the future. >> i hear your advice to parents but it sound like parents are diluting the formula or making their own because they can't get their hands on formula. and some parents' kids have allergies, and they can't substitute. they're feeling desperate. what daylight do yte do you thi parents who are not able to get formula will get it. >> i understand that pain, the concern. if you'r...