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Why is there an infant formula shortage in the US? Who is to blame? And when will parents see relief?

But Abbott has said that, after production resumes, it could take about two months before new formula begins arriving in stores. The company's factory has been closed due to contamination problems.

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) and the FDA are reportedly on track to reopen the company's Sturgis, Michigan, baby formula manufacturing plant within one or two weeks, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said. Abbott, the biggest U.S. supplier of powder infant formula, including Similac, agreed with the FDA on the steps needed to resume production at…

Markets work if you let them. The Biden administration and Congress should remove supply restraints on baby formula that never made any sense in the first place.

With parents scrambling to track down baby formula and some families even contemplating home-brews, the US government is going to great lengths to solve the spiralling crisis.

Social media users called for parents to ‘have respect for others’ amid wait for supplies

Government aims to speed production after closure of Abbott plant, as experts urge parents not to concoct own alternatives

The head of the Food and Drug Administration is facing congressional lawmakers for the first time over the national shortage of baby formula

The conditions that led to a shortage of baby formula were set in motion long before the February 2022 closure of the Similac factory tipped the U.S. into a crisis.

US Department of Defense will also contract commercial planes to fly in supplies from overseas, the White House said.

Just a handful of formula makers dominate the industry so a single plant shutdown can lead to empty shelves.