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‘My expectation is that within two months we should be beyond normal and with a plethora’

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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…

The Biden administration says it will be 'a few weeks' before the baby food supply around the country is back to normal

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

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

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are throwing nearly every tool in their arsenal, including a proposed $28 million in taxpayer dollars, at the baby formula shortage. But it isn’t clear how quickly those solutions will result in cans on grocery store shelves.

Lawmakers are scrambling to end the formula shortage, but experts say it will be months before families will feel an impact.