First Formula Shipment from Europe Lands in US

[IronLionZion]

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[NullTuples]

1. Another shipment will be coming in on Wednesday.

This flight though contained enough for half a million baby bottles, which is 15% of the specialty medical grade formula needed in the U.S.. This is a stopgap measure. Meanwhile, President Biden has also invoked the Defense Production Act to increase domestic baby formula manufacturing.

The White House has said 132 pallets of Nestle Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula was to leave Ramstein Air Base in Germany for the U.S. Another 114 pallets of Gerber Good Start Extensive HA formula were expected to arrive in the coming days. Altogether, about 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles of the three formulas, which are hypoallergenic for children with cow’s milk protein allergies, are expected to arrive this week.

Indianapolis was chosen because it is a Nestle distribution hub. The formula will be offloaded into FedEx semitractor-trailers and taken to a Nestle distribution center about a mile away where the company will do a standard quality control check before distributing the supplies to hospitals, pharmacies and doctor’s offices, according to an administration official on site.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Kudos to our experienced POTUS for taking action

And for activating the Defense Production Act when it was needed!

[NullTuples]

3. I shudder to imagine how this would be handled if Trump was still in office.

I have no doubt any effort would be based on profiteering, it would be a month late and somehow racism would work into his response.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Exactly. And, as you said, some sort of payback would be expected

“I would like you to do us a favor though.”