A plane carrying more than 70000 pounds (32 tons) of infant formula arrived in the United States to alleviate the national shortage of infant formula. In his state of the Union address, Brian dease, Biden's chief economic adviser, said that more formula milk powder would be available "as early as this week". He said the plane landing in Indianapolis on Sunday would solve "15% of the national total we need".
Biden last week ordered the use of government aircraft to airlift infant formula to the United States. He also invoked emergency powers under the defense production act to stimulate domestic manufacturing.
In February, Abbott Laboratories, a supplier of infant formula, issued a voluntary recall notice and closed a factory, which turned the supply chain chaos of the reduced supply of formula in the whole United States into a comprehensive crisis.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the investigation results of two infant deaths caused by Abbott milk powder on the evening of March 22 local time: two infants died of bacteria infection due to health and safety problems in Abbott milk powder production plant**
Abbott CEO Robert Ford only apologized for the worsening shortage of infant formula and said the company would make a "major investment" to prevent it from happening again.
Meanwhile, desperate American parents have turned to the Internet for solutions and alternatives. Other medical experts warned that homemade infant formula would pose serious health risks.
