{"id":1487550,"date":"2022-05-22T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487550"},"modified":"2022-05-22T11:30:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T15:30:26","slug":"first-shipment-of-baby-formula-arrives-from-europe-but-wont-be-on-store-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/first-shipment-of-baby-formula-arrives-from-europe-but-wont-be-on-store-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"First Shipment Of Baby Formula Arrives From Europe, But Won\u2019t Be On Store Shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Ffirst-shipment-of-baby-formula-arrives-from-europe-but-wont-be-on-store-shelves%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=1487550&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-22-at-9.47.22-AM.png?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A massive shipment of baby formula from Germany arrived in Indianapolis on Sunday morning as the Biden administration grapples with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-biden-official-claims-administration-knew-about-baby-formula-shortage-last-year\">shortage of the vital food<\/a> for the nation\u2019s infants.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed \u201cOperation Fly Formula,\u201d the operation to get scarce formula to the nation\u2019s infants is using military aircraft. The shortage has been worsening in recent weeks due to a host of factors, including the shuttering of the nation\u2019s biggest manufacturing plant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFolks, I\u2019m excited to tell you that the first flight from Operation Fly Formula is loaded up with more than 70,000 pounds of infant formula and about to land in Indiana,\u201d the White House tweeted from Biden\u2019s Twitter account early Sunday morning. \u201cOur team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Folks, I\u2019m excited to tell you that the first flight from Operation Fly Formula is loaded up with more than 70,000 pounds of infant formula and about to land in Indiana. <\/p>\n<p>Our team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cX4KU0eDtZ\">pic.twitter.com\/cX4KU0eDtZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1528379633229496321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The shipment of baby formula that arrived on Sunday will be distributed around the country, a Biden administration official told CNN. The formula in the initial load will go to hospitals, doctors, home health care facilities, and pharmacies in regions \u201cwhere the needs are most acute,\u201d CNN reported. The first shipment of formula, Nestl\u00e9 Health Science formula \u2014 including Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior, is hypoallergenic and for babies allergic to the protein in cow milk, the official said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-biden-official-claims-administration-knew-about-baby-formula-shortage-last-year\">The shortage has been building for months<\/a>. On February 17, Abbott Nutrition, the nation\u2019s largest infant formula manufacturer, recalled several lines of powdered formula and closed its largest plant in Sturgis, Michigan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-block ad-block-10\">\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-adchoices\">\n<p>Even before that, the COVID-19 pandemic\u2019s effect on the supply chain and a shortage of plant workers had contributed to the problem.<\/p>\n<p>A company called Datasembly ran an analysis that \u201cshowed that supply was \u2018relatively stable for the first half of 2021. Then, the out-of-stock rate for baby formula hit 23% in January 2022 and has continued to climb, \u201d according to WKYC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInflation, supply chain shortages, and product recalls have brought an unprecedented amount of volatility for baby formula,\u201d Datasembly founder and CEO Ben Reich also said in the report released in April. \u201cWe expect to continue to see the baby formula category being dramatically affected by these conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As The Daily Wire reported earlier this month, the shortage has left parents frustrated as the shelves remain bare at popular retailers, including Walmart, Target, and grocery store chains. Many of these retailers have imposed limits on formula purchases, so moms can\u2019t stock up even when it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Most brands are also sold out online or are being offered by third-party sellers for exorbitant prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive shipment of baby formula from Germany arrived in Indianapolis on Sunday morning as the Biden administration grapples with a shortage of the vital food for the nation\u2019s infants.Dubbed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1487557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487550\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}