# The Real Reason We’re Experiencing a Horrifying Baby Formula Shortage

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/why-is-there-a-baby-formula-shortage-and-how-long-will-it-last/
- Published: 2022-05-20T10:00:27-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Shelves almost empty of baby formula bear signs advising of a limit of eight cans per customer at a supermarket in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 12, 2015. Photo credit: Christopher Pearce / Getty Images. Article by Good Housekeeping: Stefani Sassos, MS, RDN, CSO, CDN, NASM-CPT, Good Housekeeping Institute. MSN – updated May 19, 2022. Supply chain issues, labor shortages and the recent formula recall have exacerbated the current infant formula shortage in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it’s working with US manufacturers to increase their output and streamlining paperwork to allow more imports in efforts to combat the shortage. President Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act (DPA) to ensure that manufacturers have the necessary ingredients to make safe, healthy infant formula in the U.S. and […] Click here to view original web page at www.msn.com