The Swiss group will specifically export two brands of hypoallergenic milk, the shortage being an additional source of stress for parents of intolerant babies with cow’s milk proteins.
Le Monde
Faced with the shortage of baby milk in the United States, the Swiss food giant Nestlé will send infant milks from Switzerland and the Netherlands, announced on Tuesday, May 17, a door -Group’s sharing at the Agency France-Presse (AFP).
The Swiss group will specifically export two brands of hypoallergenic milk, the shortage being an additional source of stress for parents of intolerant babies with cow’s milk proteins. “We have given priority to these products because they meet critical medical needs,” said a group spokesperson.
These two brands of hypoallergenic milk are already usually exported from the Netherlands, for gerber good start extensive ha, from Switzerland, for Alfamino milk. But, faced with the shortage, the group decided to transport them by plane “to meet immediate needs,” said the group’s spokesperson, who also has two factories in the United States for the production of childhood milks.
Initially caused by problems in the supply chain and by a lack of labor due to the COVVI-19 pandemic, the shortage worsened when in February a factory of the manufacturer Abbott in the Michigan closed, after a recall of products suspected of having caused the death of two babies.
The White House accused of indifference and wait -and -see
The American Medicines Agency (FDA) has cleared the milk, but issued a warning – number 483 – on irregularities concerning the factory, announced Abbott on Friday, specifying that he had “immediately” started to implement corrective measures. On Monday, Abbott made an agreement with the American justice to be able to restart production in this factory.
The White House is for its part in continuous communication with the four main manufacturers, including Nestlé but also Reckitt, Abbott and Perrigo, in order to identify obstacles in terms of transport, logistics and suppliers to be able to increase the Production and quickly guarantee the delivery of products from retailers.
Accused at the worst of indifference, at best of wait -and -see, the White House exposed some measures on Thursday, of a limited scope. “It’s a work that has been going on for months,” said his spokesperson, Jen Psaki, questioned about the reaction time of the American executive. “Our message to the parents is as follows: we have heard, we want to do everything we can,” she also said.
In addition to the increase in imports, while the United States produces 98 % of the humanized milk they consume, M psaki said in particular to work with states to lighten the administrative constraints weighing on The most modest families who buy infant milk thanks to good food. The White House also seized the Competition Authority on abuses linked to this shortage situation, including the resale of online infant milk at exorbitant prices.
M me psaki added that another option still under study was to invoke the Defense Production Act, a text inherited from the Cold War which allows the American president to make decisions economic by decree. Mr. Biden also met Thursday with retail representatives and baby milk producers, conversations qualified as “encouraging” by an administration manager.