much awaited by parents of American infants, the cargo of powdered milk has been imported from Germany by plane, and must cover around 15 % of immediate needs.
Le Monde
A plane left from Germany with more than 31 tonnes of baby powdered milk powder intended for the American market, affected by a large shortage, landed on Sunday May 22 in the United States, according to broadcast images on channels American television. President Joe Biden had, earlier, announced on Twitter that a plane “loaded with more than 70,000 pounds [more than 31 tonnes] of humiliating milk is about to land in Indiana”.
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“A flight left this night from the Ramstein air base in Germany, full of baby powder milk,” said the White House economic advisor, Brian Deese, on the CNN channel. On board, 132 Pallets of Nestlé Brand Colonized milk.
m. Biden said on Sunday evening that a second delivery was on the way to the United States. “We obtained a second flight to transport special preparations for infants from Nestlé to Pennsylvania,” tweeted the president. “Theft and transport by truck will take place in the coming days, and I will continue to keep you informed,” he added.
“Bring more competition”
The United States has been experiencing a shortage of baby milk for several months, caused by supply and labor problems linked to the COVVI-19, then aggravated by the closure, in February, of a Factory of the manufacturer Abbott in Michigan, after a recall of products suspected of having caused the death of two infants.
“We had a manufacturer who did not respect the rules and which made preparations which risked making babies sick,” deplored Brian Deese. But beyond, wonders the main economic advisor of Joe Biden, “How did we get to a 90 % controlled market by three companies?”
He insisted on the need to reflect on how to “bring more competition in the” American economy, to “have more baby milk suppliers so that no business has such control on production channels. And we will have to work there “.
Furthermore, asked about the probability that the United States is experiencing a recession in the coming months, Brian Deese was content to emphasize that “there is always risks”, but wanted to be reassuring when to the solidity of the American economy. “There is no doubt, the difficulties are great,” he admitted, citing in particular inflation, which slowed down a bit in April, at 8.3 %, after reaching 8, in March 8, 5 %, his record for forty years.