Yep much to do about nothing. Fear brains.

@ghasley 

The federal government becomes responsible for baby formula when it directly gets involved in the purchasing, manufacturing, and import-limiting of the product. 

You can't take a significant amount of control and oversight over a product and then when you help break down the availability of it, back-away. That's not leadership or governance; that's cowardice.

The FDA dropped the ball on their investigation and subsequent closure of the Abbott factory. The factory has been closed for over three months because of government intervention and incompetence. Now after the public outcry they've come to an agreement? What happened over the last 12 weeks?

The FDA also has expressly prohibited importing formula from other countries, again until the recent public outcry. 

Also, please get educated on the severity of the situation. For many children there aren't any alternatives that don't impose serious risks. Do you work in healthcare? I do. People are bringing infants into the ER out of desperation. There have also been  instances, albeit rare, of children needing surgical intervention (g-tubes) to acquire nutrition because there formula is unavailable. 

This issue shouldn't be made benign to save the face of any administration; D or R. 

@kingdeezie 

Please save the sermon, I recognize its a serious problem. I thought this thread was about made in Russia audio tubes. Then.... baby formula gets tossed in and then Sri Lanka. As a parent, its their responsibility to identify alternatives until the supply chain gets worked out. 

@nonoise 

You are so disingenuous and your response completely proves my point. You immediately made it democrat versus republican. Hysterical! 

Trump isn't in office anymore; get over it. He left 17 months ago. The current president and his administration dropped the ball on this. 

Also, the FDA Baby Formula Act? 28 million dollars to the same agency that helped cause the problem? Sounds like a great idea.     

Oh, the poor baby formula manufacture plant. How about a realistic timeline to go by? The power these companies have rival that of any oversight group and even the government. Reminds me of the meat packing plants that made workers work while getting Covid and dying and actually doing nothing to abate it, and having Rump and his Presidential signing statement forcing them to stay open?

One side may err on the side of public safety but the other side actively harms and kills people for a buck and for political points.

By the way, nothing remotely disingenuous about my post. Nice try.

All the best,
Nonoise

@nonoise 

That article proves my point. No one is sympathizing with Abbott, they are equally at fault. The FDA was told about the issue back in September. They did nothing. 

They waited until four infants died before panic-acting and shutting the plant down without any consideration for how it would impact supply. 

It wouldn't have taken much for the FDA to emergency-authorize importation of formula from Europe, Canada, Mexico. 

Instead the plant is still shut-down.

Public-safety also involves ensuring supply.