Tariffs on baby formula suspended after 5 month shortage
🍼 Five months after the beginning of a shortage that has had parents of infants across America scrambling for baby formula, President Joe Biden signed legislation to suspend tariffs on imported baby formula.
This legislation passed both chambers of Congress unanimously. Domestic production of baby formula came essentially to a screeching halt earlier this year and the delayed effort by congress to reform the regulatory rules around the product has some signaling a need for a change under emergency circumstances.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted responsibility for the recent baby formula shortage that had parents across the U.S. entering desperation mode.
The baby formula shortage is an embarrassment to a nation under pressure.
What began with the standard supply chain worn too thin by pandemic-related restrictions, was followed by a formula recall of products manufactured at Abbott Laboratories, one of the largest formula manufacturing plants in the United States.
“Operation Fly Formula” was a mission authorized by President Joe Biden and his administration to relieve the current baby formula shortage.
Voters are blaming the supply chain for the formula shortage, according to a recent Morning Consult/Politico survey.
An American baby formula shortage has led Democrats to scramble for an explanation.
Five months after the beginning of a shortage that has had parents of infants across America scrambling for baby formula, President Joe Biden signed legislation to suspend tariffs on imported baby formula.