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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 05:45 PM Sep 2022

US outlines plan for long-term baby formula imports

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators on Friday unveiled their plan to allow foreign baby formula manufacturers to stay on the market long term, an effort to diversify the nation’s tightly concentrated industry and prevent future shortages.

The Food and Drug Administration said recent entrants to the U.S. market will have until October 2025 to make sure their formulas comply with federal standards for nutrition, labeling and manufacturing. The agency noted that some companies should be able to meet those requirements sooner.

The U.S. has been forced to turn to foreign manufacturers to boost formula supplies since February, when FDA inspectors temporarily shuttered the nation’s largest domestic formula factory due to bacterial contamination.

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By MATTHEW PERRONE
today


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-science-health-business-global-trade-57179cbac9224caf397849c1ec5c61b5

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US outlines plan for long-term baby formula imports (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2022 OP
Sounds like a win-win plan for mom/babies and Backseat Driver Sep 2022 #1
get yer made in china formula while its hot... nt msongs Sep 2022 #2
So for three years they don't have to comply with FDA regulations? MichMan Sep 2022 #3
This for sure needs some more research XorXor Sep 2022 #4
This is unacceptable... ultralite001 Oct 2022 #5

MichMan

(11,781 posts)
3. So for three years they don't have to comply with FDA regulations?
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 07:17 PM
Sep 2022

The same regulations that shut down the plant in Michigan early in the year?

XorXor

(605 posts)
4. This for sure needs some more research
Fri Sep 30, 2022, 11:08 PM
Sep 2022

I was thinking the same thoughts as you. Although, I admit I haven't read much about this to know the details. I guess this will go on my ever griwing list of things to do.

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