{"id":1526078,"date":"2022-06-22T16:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T20:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1526078"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:19:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T20:19:11","slug":"biden-admin-forced-to-import-mexican-baby-formula-due-to-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-forced-to-import-mexican-baby-formula-due-to-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Forced To Import Mexican Baby Formula Due To Shortage"},"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%2Fbiden-admin-forced-to-import-mexican-baby-formula-due-to-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=1526078&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>The White House announced on Wednesday that it is importing approximately 16 million 8-ounce bottle equivalents of baby formula from Mexico to address America\u2019s ongoing shortage.<\/p>\n<p>The statement was noted as the Tenth Operation Fly Formula Mission in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, President Biden is announcing that his Administration is sourcing trucking, facilitated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for Operation Fly Formula to transport Gerber infant formula from Mexico to Fort Worth, Texas starting on June 24,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/06\/22\/president-biden-announces-tenth-operation-fly-formula-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis delivery will include approximately 1 million pounds of Gerber Good Start Gentle infant formula, the equivalent of approximately 16 million 8-ounce bottles. The product will be available through retail channels,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The White House stated that by June 26 the flights are on track to complete 32 trips. The operation began delivering its first flights of formula from Europe in late May.<\/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 President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1528379633229496321\">tweeted<\/a> on May 22. \u201cOur team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Operation Fly Formula flights, Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to ensure that manufacturers have the ingredients needed to create the formula.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHHS being authorized to use the DPA means infant formula manufacturers can go to the front of the line and get raw materials from their suppliers\u2014like labels or oils\u2014that will allow manufactures to speed up production of formula,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/formula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the act.<\/p>\n<p>The formula shortage was noted as the result of the closure of an Abbott plant in Sturgis, Michigan. The location was recently reopened but was forced to temporarily <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/extreme-weather-leads-baby-formula-plant-to-close-after-just-reopening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">close once again<\/a> due to severe flooding in the area.<\/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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abbott.com\/corpnewsroom\/nutrition-health-and-wellness\/abbott-update-on-powder-formula-recall.html\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\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 it added.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Biden administration\u2019s claims to address the baby formula shortage, the president\u2019s efforts have been ridiculed by many who noted that the crisis has been known about for months.<\/p>\n<p>During a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-spox-flips-through-binder-for-20-seconds-cant-find-anything-new-on-baby-formula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">daily briefing<\/a> last week, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was mocked after saying she didn\u2019t \u201chave anything new\u201d regarding the formula shortage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s been a couple of days since we have asked \u2014 been asked that question,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/does-biden-take-any-responsibility-peter-doocy-grills-karine-jean-pierre-on-inflation\/\">Jean-Pierre<\/a> said as she searched through her notes. \u201cOkay, I don\u2019t have anything new, I know we made some announcements last week, I just don\u2019t have them in front of me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After a long pause, Jean-Pierre concluded, \u201cI don\u2019t have anything new,\u201d leading to widespread comments online blasting the administration\u2019s failure to adequately handle the crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House announced on Wednesday that it is importing approximately 16 million 8-ounce bottle equivalents of baby formula from Mexico to address America\u2019s ongoing shortage. The statement was noted as the Tenth Operation Fly Formula Mission in recent weeks. \u201cToday, President Biden is announcing that his Administration is sourcing trucking, facilitated by the U.S. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1526169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1526078","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\/1526078","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\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1526078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1526078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1526169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1526078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1526078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1526078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}