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As store shelves become increasingly bare, and parents desperately hunt for formula for their babies, the US is taking drastic measures to boost supplies.
>> that's his new child. the f.d.a. signed a consent decree with abbott laboratories to reopen the plant. the company is saying it could be two weeks to reopen that plant and then several more weeks beyond that to get their products on the shelf. >> gillian: ed lawrence, from 1600 pennsylvania avenue, thank you very much. >> john: and bret baier, since ed dropped us off at the baby formula factory, start there. what the f.d.a. commissioner said about baby formula, listen here. >> i don't want this to sound in any way like we are not concerned about the parents struggling to find formula for th...
We have said consistently is that all tools on the table, to invoke the production act to ensure the supplies, the components into manufacturing baby formula are prioritized in the manufacturing process. that is important because at this moment, the manufacturers are ramping up. they are going to 100 percent capacity in their facilities, but we want to make sure that as they do that, they are not slow down by access to any supply, whether it is in the bottles that they need for packaging, or making the formula. with this authority now, the president has directed the health department of human ...
Invoke the production act, and editorial saying hard to imagine the united states would be in a situation where the most basic of foodstuff is not available for babies but that's where we are in 2022. the baby formula shortage is a national emergency and the white house and congressional leaders should have been prepared for it months ago. it's not until this became a political crisis that joe biden said you know we have to fix this. >> and this is the kind of thing so outrageous because this administration sits on its heels. it waits 'til we get to the tipping point of crisis before it says o...
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