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US baby milk shortage: Abbott CEO apologizes

2022-05-22T07:58:14.140Z


The main factory in the country was closed for health reasons after the death of two babies, leading to serious stock shortages.


The CEO of baby milk maker Abbott on Saturday apologized to American families affected by the shortage of this vital product for infants, which has been made worse by the closure of a factory of the group in the United States.

We are sorry for all the families we have abandoned since our voluntary recall exacerbated the shortage of infant formula in our country

,” said group boss Robert Ford in the Washington Post.

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The United States has been experiencing a shortage of baby milk for several months, caused by supply and labor problems linked to Covid-19, then exacerbated by the closure, in February, of an Abbott factory in Michigan, after a product recall suspected of causing the deaths of two infants.

"

It's tragic and heartbreaking

," Ford said.

He also mentioned the establishment by the group, for the families of children hospitalized after having consumed this milk, of “

a fund of 5 million dollars

”.

Milk imports from Europe

Regarding the shortage, Abbott claims to have "

taken serious measures

"

,

such as the conversion of production lines for adult products in the plant in Columbus (Ohio) "

in order to give priority to the production

" of baby milk.

The group also imports milk from its factory in Ireland.

And after an agreement with the American justice, which must still be validated by a judge, the Michigan factory should reopen within two weeks.

Thus, "

by the end of June, we will provide more infant formula to Americans than in January before the recall

", assures the CEO of Abbott.

Finally, we are making significant investments so that this will never happen again

,” he further promised.

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Joe Biden signed a law on Saturday that allows certain regulatory requirements to be circumvented “so that people can more easily access the baby formula they need,” he said in a tweet.

He announced Wednesday the establishment of an airlift and the use of a law dating from the Cold War to try to solve this shortage, which has become a political headache for his administration.

A White House official announced on Friday a first flight, carrying 132 pallets of Nestlé brand milk, this weekend between Germany and Indianapolis (Indiana).

Source: lefigaro

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