{"id":1496763,"date":"2022-05-30T08:15:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1496763"},"modified":"2022-05-30T08:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T12:15:29","slug":"americans-cross-border-to-find-baby-formula-as-biden-admin-fails-to-fix-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-cross-border-to-find-baby-formula-as-biden-admin-fails-to-fix-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Cross Border to Find Baby Formula as Biden Admin Fails to Fix Crisis"},"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\">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%2Famericans-cross-border-to-find-baby-formula-as-biden-admin-fails-to-fix-crisis%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=1496763&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\"><span class=\"dateline\">TIJUANA, Mexico \u2013 <\/span>Baby formula can be easily found south of the U.S. despite the shortage, parents in a Mexican border town told Fox News.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;Well, right now, when I got the formula, I&#8217;ve seen two, three people getting formula from the other side,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/location-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jorge, of Tijuana<\/a>, said. &#8220;They have it everywhere at the pharmacies, any store.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the United States deals with a baby formula shortage due to a recall and pandemic-related supply chain issues, some Americans told Fox News they&#8217;re purchasing baby formula from Mexico. The shortage <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prompted President Biden to invoke<\/a> the Defense Production Act to ensure manufacturers have the necessary supplies for baby formula production.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The very first Costco that I got [to], the formula is here,&#8221; said Francisco, who was looking to purchase formula on behalf of his adult son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in the U.S.<\/a> &#8220;He&#8217;s not able just to get it in the States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/health\/breast-milk-bought-online-baby-formula-shortage-harms-infant-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BREAST MILK BOUGHT ONLINE AMID BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE COULD HARM INFANT HEALTH, PEDIATRIC DIETITIAN WARNS<\/strong><\/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\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-27-at-3.41.58-PM.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Rows of baby formula at a Costco in Tijuana, Mexico. (Fox News Digital\/Jon Michael Raasch)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Rows of baby formula at a Costco in Tijuana, Mexico. (Fox News Digital\/Jon Michael Raasch)\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;He knows that right here in Tijuana, it seems that there are plenty of it,&#8221; Francisco continued.<\/p>\n<p>Carla, the mother of a 2-year-old, told Fox News: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know anyone who has problems finding&#8221; baby formula.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/baby-formula-shortage-abbott-fda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE: OUT-OF-STOCK RATES SURGE TO 70%<\/strong><\/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\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-27-at-3.42.15-PM.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Baby formula stocks the shelves at a local pharmacy in Tijuana, Mexico. (Fox News Digital\/Jon Michael Raasch)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Baby formula stocks the shelves at a local pharmacy in Tijuana, Mexico. (Fox News Digital\/Jon Michael Raasch)\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another Tijuana mother, Melanie, said: &#8220;I haven&#8217;t had problems, but I know a lot of moms from a Facebook group who live in the U.S.A., and they are like crazy trying to get the milk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A lot of them come to Tijuana to buy,&#8221; Melanie added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/amid-baby-formula-shortage-mothers-express-fears-one-receiving-product-from-mexico\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>AMID BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE, MOTHERS EXPRESS FEAR, ONE RECEIVING PRODUCT FROM MEXICO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the causes of the baby formula shortage in the U.S. was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\/healthy-living\/product-recalls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recall of baby formula products<\/a> by producer Abbot Nutrition. Abbott and the federal government have taken steps to alleviate the problem, but it could take up to two months before shelves are stocked again, FDA Commissioner\u00a0Robert Califf said Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda, a U.S. native purchasing formula in Tijuana told Fox News: &#8220;One of my friends, she lives in [Los Angeles], so she&#8217;s having problems \u2026 because they&#8217;re out of formula.&#8221;<\/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\/Screen-Shot-2022-05-27-at-3.42.26-PM.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Brenda talks about the baby formula supplies in Mexico (Fox News Digital\/Jon Michael Raasch)\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Brenda talks about the baby formula supplies in Mexico (Fox News Digital\/Jon Michael Raasch)\n      <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If they&#8217;re having problems finding their formula in U.S., they can just cross the border and then buy it here in pharmacies or any store you can find it,&#8221; Brenda continued.<\/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>Francisco echoed her comments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be not difficult for anybody in the states just to come over and try to get something,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Melanie told Fox News: &#8220;I buy formula from the pharmacy, so I don&#8217;t have problems. But I know there&#8217;s a problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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