{"id":1488838,"date":"2022-05-23T17:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488838"},"modified":"2022-05-23T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T21:00:40","slug":"78000-pounds-of-baby-formula-arrives-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/78000-pounds-of-baby-formula-arrives-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"78,000 pounds of baby formula arrives to US"},"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\">16<\/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%2F78000-pounds-of-baby-formula-arrives-to-us%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=1488838&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=\"attachment_2720488\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2720488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, speaks after an Air Force C-17 delivered a plane load of baby formula at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo\/Michael Conroy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN NEWSROOM<br \/>UPDATED 1:40 PM PT \u2013 Monday, May 23, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>The first shipment of Nestle baby formula from Europe arrived in Indianapolis on Sunday morning. The flight contained 78-thousand pounds of formula. This flight is just one of many from \u201coperation fly formula.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden authorized the use of Air Force planes because no commercial flights were available. The military planes carried enough specialty infant formula for more than half a million baby bottles. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was in Indianapolis to greet the arrival of the first shipment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe flights are intended to provide some incremental relief in the coming days as the government works on a more lasting response to the shortage,\u201d said Brian Deese, director of the White House National Economic Council.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Operation Fly Formula is underway. Thanks to the teamwork of the men and women of U.S. Transportation Command, needed specialty infant formula is in the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uErzdh6tXk\">pic.twitter.com\/uErzdh6tXk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 President Biden (@POTUS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1528422672052502535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nestle said that over the past few months it has worked \u201caround the clock\u201d to address the formula shortage and help meet demand, they are doing everything they can to get parents and caregivers the formula they need so their children can thrive.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cWe have significantly increased the amount of our formulas available to consumers by ramping up production and accelerating general product availability to retailers and online,\u201d the company stated in a release. \u201cAs well as through hospitals and home health care for those most vulnerable.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>132 pallets of Nestle Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula was to leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the US. Another 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula are expected to arrive in the coming days. Deese noted operations at Abbot Nutrition may not pick back up for a month, but they\u2019re not going to wait. The military flights will provide incremental relief in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>According to the White House, formula from this shipment will be distributed to pharmacies and doctors.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/trump-remains-kingmaker-in-gop\/\">Trump Remains Kingmaker In GOP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, left, speaks after an Air Force C-17 delivered a plane load of baby formula at the Indianapolis International Airport in Indianapolis, Sunday, May 22, 2022. 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