The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) told a House committee that baby formula shortages will start to ease in the coming days.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf told the panel that the shortage would improve “within days,” adding that “we have sold—we have had more infant formula bought by between 11 and 19 percent than what was bought in the month” before an Abbott Laboratories factory was shut down in Sturgis, Michigan.
“It will gradually get better. You know the big problem we have right now is distribution,” Califf said, adding that “within days it will get better. But it will be a few weeks before we’re back to normal.” He appeared in front of the House Appropriations subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies….