The United States Government announced this Friday that it is purchasing more. 16.5 million bottles Percentage of infant milk stored in Spain to supply the US market in the face of an unprecedented shortage of this product.
These 16.5 million bottles weigh almost 500,000 kilosIt will be available for sale starting this month, and then it will look for airlines that will allow US President Joe Biden to import the milk into the US, the White House said in a statement.
Two of the types of formulas Biden obtained are from the brand. similac and another detailed the White House for preterm and very low birth weight babies from NeoSure.
This mission isOperation Fly FormulaBiden’s announcement in May that allows the Department of Defense to import powdered milk from all over the world using contracts with commercial airlines (a baby milk fly operation).
Biden also to supply the market The Cold War to accelerate the domestic production of these dairy products.
Biden’s proposed law is so-called “Defense Production Act“from the beginning Korean War In 1950 it allowed the US president to mobilize resources from the private sector through the Pentagon to respond to specific crisis situations.
Finding powdered baby milk in recent months a challenge for parents in different states of the country.
The shortage resulted from global supply problems caused by the covid-19 pandemic and difficulties in the manufacturing facility. AbbottUSA’s leading baby food manufacturer, Sturgis (Michigan).
This factory had to pull its products off the market after at least four babies had a problem. bacterial infection two died after consuming milk produced at the facility.
The Abbott facility reopened earlier this month, but officials have already warned that it will take about two months before production. baby food supply return to your normal level.
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