Baby formula shortage: Biden to invoke Defense Production Act

[Rotadom]

Baby formula shortage: Biden to invoke Defense Production Act​

https://apnews.com/article/biden-health-government-and-politics-df586c2e52b5e5865ea9f8091d4d1f80

Now that's a President acting correctly during a crisis when American lives are at stake.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country’s largest formula manufacturing plant.

The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill orders from those companies before other customers, in an effort to eliminate production bottlenecks. Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S., in what the White House is calling “Operation Fly Formula.”

Supplies of baby formula across the country have been severely curtailed in recent weeks after a February recall by Abbott Nutrition exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers, leaving fewer options on store shelves and increasingly anxious parents struggling to find nutrition for their children.

“I know parents across the country are worried about finding enough formula to feed their babies,” Biden said in a video statement released by the White House. ”As a parent and as a grandparent, I know just how stressful that is.”

 

[Chobham]

What a crock of shit.

 

[pecksniff]

What a crock of shit.

There's no reason to expect it won't work.

 

[Wrong Element]

I'm not sure why the administration is playing into the ridiculous belief that a baby formula shortage resulting from mismanagement at private companies is the fault of the federal government, but maybe it will do some good anyway.

 

[KeithD]

I'm not sure why the administration is playing into the ridiculous belief that a baby formula shortage resulting from mismanagement at private companies is the fault of the federal government, but maybe it will do some good anyway.

Where has the Biden administration taken fault for this? Trying to find a solution for something doesn't connote that you were to blame for the problem.

What any MAGA in trouble over this should do is contemplate how Donald Trump would respond to a need like this.

 

[phrodeau]

Banks and auto manufacturers were “too big to fail,” so they got bailouts in 2008. How is this different?

 

[pecksniff]

What any MAGA in trouble over this should do is contemplate how Donald Trump would respond to a need like this.

Based on his track record, either by blaming the problem on the Dems or denying its existence entirely.

 

[KeithD]

Based on his track record, either by blaming the problem on the Dems or denying its existence entirely.

I'm sure he has some twitterpating ideas about breast milk, though.

 

[phrodeau]

Trump posted this on his website last week.

There is a massive formula shortage, but no one is talking about it—it is a national disgrace. It is unthinkable that in the year 2022 American families are unable to get baby formulas for their children.

He had no remedy to offer, though.

 

[Chobham]

There's no reason to expect it won't work.

Work?

Let's start with the entire episode was bogus. Not one product from the suspect plant was found to be contaminated. Not one. But because four infants became ill, and unfortunately two died, and for no other reason than they. along with millions of others, drank that formula the plant was closed.

It takes very little time to clean out a continuous production line. Not 3 months. Abbott has signed on to a 'consent decree' to get the plant back into operation. It's going to be 6 - 8 weeks before the product will hit the shelves.

It can be expected that without rationing that those mothers will attempt to hoard.

Back to the 'consent degree.' The FDA AND DOJ are now in charge of that plant. Neither of which have the slightest clues as to operate a continuous process commercial operation. I can only wonder if that consent decree will hold the government liable for any future events?

The latest line from the government is they're on it "24/7." They aren't, they weren't. If they were "on it" we wouldn't be where we are today.

 

[Dribble]

Well...since States can dictate 13 yr old rape victims must be broodstock...why not force women to do it the way God intended? Barefoot and pregnant

 

[JohnnySavage]

It's a critical issue for American babies. Prior to the advent of Abbott and it's baby formula, human babies had nothing to eat.

For 100,000 years babies had to wait until they were old enough to have a Big Mac to eat.

 

[HisArpy]

I'm not sure why the administration is playing into the ridiculous belief that a baby formula shortage resulting from mismanagement at private companies is the fault of the federal government, but maybe it will do some good anyway.

I'm not exactly sure why a shortage of baby formula impacts National Security sufficiently enough to invoke the DPA.

BTW, the "mismanagement" is the result of the Gov shutting down the plant where the baby formula is produced. Lab tests have shown that the cause of the infant deaths used as the basis for closing the plant was not from the plant or the formula.

 

[ll74]

The plant was shut down because investigation of the plant from the initial product issues revealed multiple other issues with quality control at the plant that needed to be addressed.

https://apnews.com/article/science-health-government-and-politics-1e54ff345ab2a4be93f2e24d991e4450

 

[Chobham]

The plant was shut down because investigation of the plant from the initial product issues revealed multiple other issues with quality control at the plant that needed to be addressed.

https://apnews.com/article/science-health-government-and-politics-1e54ff345ab2a4be93f2e24d991e4450

Exactly. Unspecified opinions rendered by those that closed the plant. I can walk into any plant, at any time, and find, in my opinion, practices that compromise quality control. Those opinions may or may not have merit and may or may not have any effect on the final product, but I can damn well find them.

 

[ll74]

Exactly. Unspecified opinions rendered by those that closed the plant. I can walk into any plant, at any time, and find, in my opinion, practices that compromise quality control. Those opinions may or may not have merit and may or may not have any effect on the final product, but I can damn well find them.

If only there was a group of people who determined whether those deficiencies effected the final product. ¯\(°_o)/¯

 

[LukSkyFokker]

The dementia guy warned us of food shortages this is just the beginning
The left loves chaos

Do you just shitpist random words in hopes that no one will notice that you have no fucking clue of what you're talking about?

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Correct. I never heard 45 say that.

 

[Dribble]

Exactly. Unspecified opinions rendered by those that closed the plant. I can walk into any plant, at any time, and find, in my opinion, practices that compromise quality control. Those opinions may or may not have merit and may or may not have any effect on the final product, but I can damn well find them.

So...you are advocating that food production quality standards go back to the 1900s? Where standards existed on paper but not reality. So....if someone get sick and dies....and they will...then it is OK to pay out hundreds of millions....or are you saying the cost of a life doesn't matter?

 

[icanhelp1]

The plant was shut down because investigation of the plant from the initial product issues revealed multiple other issues with quality control at the plant that needed to be addressed.

https://apnews.com/article/science-health-government-and-politics-1e54ff345ab2a4be93f2e24d991e4450

The real issue here is the fact that the plant closed down its production operations due to the FDA discovered bacteria that was not associated with the deaths of the two babies. The problem is, this shutdown which supplied 40% of all baby formula in the US happened in February, since that shut down no one in the Biden administration had the foresight or the intellectual capacity to put 2+2 together, that eliminating 40% of formula availability for three month that somehow that wouldn't create a national shortage. Not a good look for the Biden admin. The plant closing is not Biden's fault it's the admin's inability to think things through. Kind of reminds us of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

 

[ll74]

The real issue here is the fact that the plant closed down its production operations due to the FDA discovered bacteria that was not associated with the deaths of the two babies. The problem is, this shutdown which supplied 40% of all baby formula in the US happened in February, since that shut down no one in the Biden administration had the foresight or the intellectual capacity to put 2+2 together, that eliminating 40% of formula availability for three month that somehow that wouldn't create a national shortage. Not a good look for the Biden admin. The plant closing is not Biden's fault it's the admin's inability to think things through. Kind of reminds us of the withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Yes, you're blaming the FDA for quality control issues that they discovered rather than on the producer which created the situation. If they want to have 40% of their production at one plant, then their quality control must be more stringent.

Blaming the FDA for doing their job is absolute bullshit.

 

[LukSkyFokker]

Hilarious. Corporate America voted for 45 because he promised the end of regulations and now the Trumplitards are blaming Biden. FFS.

 

[icanhelp1]

Yes, you're blaming the FDA for quality control issues that they discovered rather than on the producer which created the situation. If they want to have 40% of their production at one plant, then their quality control must be more stringent.

Blaming the FDA for doing their job is absolute bullshit.

Nope! The FDA did what they felt was necessary but the job doesn't stop there. When you indefinitely interrupt the flow of a uniquely critical product it only makes sense to quickly resolve the problem within the plant or find a way to immediately procure product to offset the shortage until the plant is back online. They procrastinated to the point of crisis, they lacked a sense of urgency or lacked the skills to correctly assess the problem.

 

[ll74]

Nope! The FDA did what they felt was necessary but the job doesn't stop there. When you indefinitely interrupt the flow of a uniquely critical product it only makes sense to quickly resolve the problem within the plant or find a way to immediately procure product to offset the shortage until the plant is back online. They procrastinated to the point of crisis, they lacked a sense of urgency or lacked the skills to correctly assess the problem.

The FDA is not a supply chain organization. They were addressing a quality control issue and were working with the company to resolve it.

There is no evidence that they procrastinated anything. The problem was assessed and the company dragged their feet on addressing it.

 

[Dribble]

Yes, you're blaming the FDA for quality control issues that they discovered rather than on the producer which created the situation. If they want to have 40% of their production at one plant, then their quality control must be more stringent.

Blaming the FDA for doing their job is absolute bullshit.

Exactly right...Corporations decide to cut corners to increase profitability. They get caught. Who is Abbott's very top customer? Who buys the most? WIC? This is nothing but a ploy to get the Govt to pay more.