{"id":1520789,"date":"2022-06-17T13:34:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1520789"},"modified":"2022-06-17T13:34:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:34:23","slug":"extreme-weather-leads-baby-formula-plant-to-close-after-just-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/extreme-weather-leads-baby-formula-plant-to-close-after-just-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Weather Leads Baby Formula Plant To Close After Just Reopening"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fextreme-weather-leads-baby-formula-plant-to-close-after-just-reopening%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=1520789&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--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/baby-formula\">baby formula<\/a> plant in Sturgis, Michigan, closed once again amid \u201csevere thunderstorms and heavy rains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The low supply of baby formula had been worsening for months, leading to multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/17\/us\/baby-formula-shortage-tennessee-hospitalized.html\">hospitalized<\/a> babies and elevated prices for parents. Abbott Nutrition, which voluntarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/safety\/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts\/abbott-voluntarily-expands-recall-powder-formulas-manufactured-one-plant\">recalled<\/a> several baby formula products from the Michigan plant in February at the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/abbott-nutrition-reopens-baby-formula-plant-at-center-of-nationwide-shortage\">resumed production<\/a> earlier this month and said that new inventory would hit shelves by June 20. Yet, the company revealed on Wednesday that production has again been halted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSevere thunderstorms and heavy rains came through southwestern Michigan on Monday evening, resulting in high winds, hail, power outages and flood damage throughout the area,\u201d Abbott said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbott.com\/corpnewsroom\/nutrition-health-and-wellness\/abbott-update-on-powder-formula-recall.html\">statement<\/a>. \u201cThese torrential storms produced significant rainfall in a short period of time \u2014 overwhelming the city\u2019s stormwater system\u2026 and resulting in flooding in parts of the city, including areas of our plant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abbott has therefore stopped production of EleCare \u2014 intended for children unable to digest other types of formula \u2014 while it evaluates damage and resanitizes the plant. \u201cWe have informed FDA and will conduct comprehensive testing in conjunction with the independent third party to ensure the plant is safe to resume production,\u201d the company added. \u201cThis will likely delay production and distribution of new product for a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FDA Commissioner Robert Califf had told members of the Senate last month that he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/fda-announces-when-the-baby-formula-shortage-will-likely-end\">expects<\/a> a \u201cgradual improvement up to probably somewhere around two months until the shelves are replete again.\u201d During its evaluation of the Michigan plant, the FDA found standing water, roof leaks, bacteria growths, and inadequate hygiene. \u201cWe knew that ceasing plant operations would create supply problems but we had no choice given the insanitary conditions,\u201d Califf told lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>The baby formula shortage worsened this year but began much earlier due to supply chain fallout from COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott CEO Robert Ford apologized to the nation in a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/05\/21\/abbott-ceo-robert-ford-formula-elevil\/\">Washington Post<\/a> opinion piece, telling parents \u201cthe past few months have distressed us as they have you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe our voluntary recall was the right thing to do,\u201d Ford wrote. \u201cWe will not take risks when it comes to the health of children. The data collected during the investigation, genetic sequencing, retained product samples and available product from the four complaints did not find any connection between our products and the four reported illnesses in children. However, the FDA\u2019s investigation did discover a bacteria in our plant that we will not tolerate. I have high expectations of this company, and we fell short of them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden tried to address the baby formula shortage with \u201cOperation Fly Formula,\u201d through which the military is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-slammed-for-bragging-about-flying-baby-formula-in-from-europe-turned-us-into-3rd-world-nation\">importing the product from Europe<\/a>.<\/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 Biden announced. \u201cOur team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-spox-flips-through-binder-for-20-seconds-cant-find-anything-new-on-baby-formula\">said<\/a> on Monday that the Biden administration had \u201cnothing new\u201d to add on the baby formula shortage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A baby formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, closed once again amid \u201csevere thunderstorms and heavy rains.\u201d The low supply of baby formula had been worsening for months, leading to multiple hospitalized babies and elevated prices for parents. 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