{"id":1484074,"date":"2022-05-19T09:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T13:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484074"},"modified":"2022-05-19T09:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T13:15:31","slug":"former-fda-official-tears-into-biden-for-smoke-and-mirrors-response-to-baby-formula-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-fda-official-tears-into-biden-for-smoke-and-mirrors-response-to-baby-formula-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Former FDA Official Tears Into Biden for \u201cSmoke and Mirrors\u201d Response to Baby Formula Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-fda-official-tears-into-biden-for-smoke-and-mirrors-response-to-baby-formula-shortage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484074&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/amid-baby-formula-shortage-mothers-express-fears-one-receiving-product-from-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">baby formula crisis<\/a> has parents in a panic, and some critics are warning President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a> hasn&#8217;t acted fast enough to reverse the shortages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-invokes-defense-production-act-operation-fly-infant-formula-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BIDEN INVOKES DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT, \u2018OPERATION FLY FORMULA\u2019 TO ADDRESS SHORTAGE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former FDA associate commissioner Peter Pitts ripped President Biden&#8217;s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-invokes-defense-production-act-operation-fly-infant-formula-shortage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">invoke<\/a> the Defense Production Act over the crisis, arguing there has &#8220;never been a shortage&#8221; on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/shows\/fox-friends-first\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Fox &#038; Friends First.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/0f4e3d69-FORMULA.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s tough talk,&#8221; Pitts told co-host Todd Piro. &#8220;It&#8217;s smoke and mirrors, and it&#8217;s insulting to American parents. You know what makes up baby formula? Rice starch, corn syrup and protein concentrate from cows&#8217; milk. Commodities. There&#8217;s no shortage. Never been a shortage.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So the Defense Production Act, it&#8217;s just smoke and mirrors,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s insulting. American parents want to know when the problem is going to be solved, not soundbites that are ridiculous from the outset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/baby-formula-shortage-bills-pass-house-gop-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE BILLS PASS HOUSE AMID GOP CLAIMS DEMS ARE \u2018COVERING UP\u2019 THE REAL PROBLEM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Biden invoked the Defense Production Act on Wednesday in order to mitigate the baby formula crisis, authorizing the Department of Defense to pick up formula overseas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/640\/320\/beed28ee-Image-from-iOS-24.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Signs at a local Target inform shoppers that they are limited to 4 containers each due to the shortage in baby formula.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Signs at a local Target inform shoppers that they are limited to 4 containers each due to the shortage in baby formula.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Fox News Digital)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The move also aims to ensure companies have the necessary ingredients to expedite additional formula production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should have talked to retail outlets to make sure there was no hoarding or panic buying, and then been transparent and truthful, with American parents throughout the process,&#8221; Pitts said. &#8220;But they didn&#8217;t do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/baby-formula-shortage-bills-pass-house-gop-opposition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baby formula<\/a> supply has plummeted 40% in recent weeks, causing parents to panic as store shelves remain empty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pitts insisted the White House should have acted sooner, educating parents on the current situation and what the FDA was doing to mitigate it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was no confirmed commissioner at the FDA at the time, but it took the president a year to get a FDA commissioner to the Senate, and he was confirmed on the first vote,&#8221; Pitts said. &#8220;So there was no blocking of the nomination.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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