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The Independent UK
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Claudia Savage

Lack of availability of baby formula creating ‘public health crisis’, says MP

Labour’s Chris Webb celebrated his election win earlier this year with his wife and baby son (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

Lack of availability of infant formula is creating a “public health crisis”, MPs have been warned.

The Labour MP for Blackpool South Chris Webb also said it needed to be more widely communicated to parents that all baby formulas were tightly regulated to ensure safety and were “nutritionally equivalent”.

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