Category: baby formula

Toddler Formula Raises Concerns and Confusion

Formula for toddlers is a burgeoning business in the United States. Sales of the drinks more than doubled in recent years as companies convinced parents that their little ones needed the liquid boost. But many experts warn that these products, designed for children aged 1 to 3, fill no nutritional needs beyond what is available…


Multiple Factors Hindered FDA’s Response to Infant Baby Formula Shortage: Internal Review

An internal review published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday found that multiple factors hindered the agency’s response this year to the nationwide shortage of baby formula. Steven Solomon, the head of the FDA’s veterinary division who conducted the internal review, said he found five “major areas of need” and 15 specific…


Abbott Restarts Similac Infant Formula Production at Michigan Facility

Abbott Laboratories has restarted production of its Similac infant formula at the plant in Sturgis, Michigan, at the center of the U.S. baby formula shortage. Abbott, the biggest U.S. supplier of baby formula, in February recalled Similac and other infant formula products produced at the Michigan facility after reports of bacterial infections in babies who…


Amid Nationwide Shortage, Long Beach to Distribute 950 Cans of Baby Formula

LONG BEACH, Calif.—With baby formula still scarce amid a continuing nationwide shortage, the Long Beach health department plans to distribute 950 cans of the powder to eligible families starting Tuesday after receiving the allotment from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. “We know many Long Beach families have felt the effects of this…


Baby Formula Stocks Remain Low Despite Biden Admin Operation

U.S. stocks of baby formula are still at their lowest levels despite efforts by the Biden administration to fly shipments into the United States from other countries. At the start of July the powdered milk product for infants hit their lowest ever levels this year, before improving only slightly the following week. Citing data from…


Enfamil Maker Reckitt Flies Baby Formula to US From Singapore

LONDON—Enfamil maker Reckitt on Wednesday afternoon flew 65 tonnes of baby formula to Chicago from its plant in Singapore, aiming to end a months-long shortage in the United States by late summer, a senior executive said. Similac maker Abbott Laboratories in February recalled dozens of types of baby formula, taking the country’s biggest industry player…


Abbott Says It Has Reopened Michigan Baby Formula Plant

Abbott Laboratories has reopened its Sturgis, Michigan baby formula plant, which was shut last month due to heavy rains, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Saturday. Abbott resumed operations on July 1 and has started producing specialty baby formula EleCare. The company which has been at the center of a baby formula shortage in the…


US FDA Working to Allow Overseas Infant Formula Beyond Shortage

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at ways to allow overseas manufacturers of baby formula to keep selling in the country beyond the current shortage, the health regulator said on Wednesday. The FDA in May said it would allow baby formula imports until Nov. 14 to ease a shortage that had left parents…


Shortage of Specialized Infant Formula to Continue Through Summer: Health Canada

MONTREAL—Health Canada says the nationwide shortage of specialized baby formula is expected to continue throughout the summer. The federal department says shipments of specialized formulas are expected to be available in pharmacies starting the first week of July, but supplies will continue to be limited. The affected formulas are intended for infants with food allergies…


US Importing Baby Formula From Mexico to Ease Shortage

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is providing logistical support to import the equivalent of about 16 million 8-ounce baby formula bottles from Mexico starting this weekend, as part of its efforts to ease nationwide supply shortages caused by the closure of the largest U.S. manufacturing plant. The Department of Health and Human Services…