A month after President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to import emergency supplies of infant formula, store shelves are still half empty and brands shipped here on U.S. military planes from other countries are not yet helping many families struggling to find critical specialty brands.
The U.S. government began importing infant formula from Switzerland, the U.K. and countries one month ago, launching Operation Fly Formula to address a significant shortage that was triggered by the pandemic, a major formula recall and a decision by the FDA to shutter one of the nation’s top formula-producing plants for several months citing health violations.