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It's getting easier to find baby formula. But you might still run into bare shelves

U.S. plants are making more baby formula than ever. But uneven distribution and overbuying means parents can run into empty store shelves.

WEKU · Oct 27, 2022

House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu

WASHINGTON — The House Education and Labor Committee is making a late-session push to renew child nutrition programs and incorporate changes made to cope with the pandemic, but disagreements could slow the reauthorization of a nutrition law that expired in 2015.

Tribune News Service · Jul 25, 2022

House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu - Roll Call

Democrats say expanded school eligibility is needed to feed more children in communities with high poverty rates.

Roll Call · Jul 25, 2022

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US safety, savings rules set stage for baby formula shortage

A massive recall is getting most of the blame for the U.S. baby formula shortage, but experts say the products have long been vulnerable to this type of crisis

The Independent UK · May 24, 2022

Vulnerable hit hardest by baby formula shortage; Biden invokes Defense Production Act

WASHINGTON — Even as the House passed legislation Wednesday to provide $28 million aimed at helping to ease a baby formula shortage that has sent families scrambling, it also tried to address a second issue: easing the shortage’s impact on low-income families who use the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for…

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2022

Vulnerable hit hardest by baby formula shortage; Biden invokes Defense Production Act

WASHINGTON — Even as the House on Wednesday debated a bill aimed at helping to ease a baby formula crisis that has sent families scrambling, lawmakers are grappling with a second issue: how to ease the shortage’s impact on low-income families that use the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,…

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2022

Vulnerable hit hardest by baby formula shortage

Unless the government allows for flexibility, the formula shortage can be particularly hard on families using federal nutrition assistance.

Roll Call · May 18, 2022

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‘It’s a nightmare’: baby formula shortage leaves US parents desperate

Strained supplies are further exacerbated after a recall by manufacturer Abbott, experts say

The Guardian - US · May 9, 2022

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