Baby food arrives in Indianapolis from Germany on a US military plane
New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency this Sunday over infant formula shortages in the metropolis and nationwide.
Given the lack of supplies — for which United States President Joe Biden ordered the launch of an international operation to ship the product from Europe — the mayor has authorized the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to address inequalities. prevention and price increases.
“The infant formula shortage across the country has caused unimaginable pain and fear for families in New York, and we must act urgently,” Adams said in the statement, collected by CNN.
The mayor estimates that more than 40 percent of retailers are out of stock and prices range between $12 and $20 per can, depending on location, the chain said.
President Biden invoked a special manufacturing law on Wednesday to increase supply amid a near-total breakdown of the supply chain.
Between the pandemic and the shutdown in February of a massive factory of Abbott Laboratories, one of the major producers of formula milk, following an investigation into the infections four babies began suffering from after taking their product, hundreds of American families have been killed. milking left without access.
Biden has also authorized the Department of Defense to use commercial jets to overfly formulas that meet federal standards from abroad, in what the White House calls Operation “Fly Formula.”
BABY FORMULA MILK ARRIVES IN THE USA
A 35-ton shipment of baby food arrived in Indianapolis on Sunday on a US military plane from Rammstein Air Force Base in Germany to address a shortage.
The baby food will be distributed in areas of the country where the need is greatest, an official from the Biden administration has confirmed to US network CNN.
A total of 132 pallets of baby milk from Zurich, Switzerland, were trucked to Germany, where they were shipped by air to the United States.
Biden has announced preparations for a second flight to carry 114 pallets of the specialty infant formula.
“The Biden-Harris administration has worked tirelessly to increase infant formula production and keep store shelves stocked during the Abbott Nutrition voluntary recall,” the White House said in a statement.
Source: La Verdad
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