How to Fix the US Baby Formula Shortage

The first batch of formula for infants and children with special needs landed in Plainfield, Indiana, on May 22; it came from Nestlé’s facilities in Switzerland and the Netherlands. British company Kendal Nutricare has also been quick to take advantage of the US Food and Drug Administration’s move to ease rules on foreign imports and will airlift tens of thousands of cans of cow’s milk formula from its stockpiles next month.

Typically, only 2 percent of infant formula is imported, mainly from Mexico, Ireland, and the Netherlands, because of high import tariffs and the FDA’s stringent regulations on nutritional values, labeling, and inspections. Kendal Nutricare also produces formula from goat’s

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