Maybe they were keeping the formula stored in case those illegals who entered and were being held needed it for their kids. I forget the number but there were many kids being held at one point.
The US government is required, by law, and by common decency, to maintain a supply of food for people, who are being detained and held in custody by the government. If border patrol stations detaining families don't maintain such supplies, they're breaking the law, and violating people's rights.
Why isn't Republican anger being directed at Abbott Nutrition executives who KNEW what the effect of closing that plant would be on their ability to fill orders? Why didn't THEY do something to avert this crisis, or propose a solution to re-open the plant before now? All that Abbott (the corporation) has done, is to deny responsibility for the contamination and the sickness and deaths it caused.
You can't fix a problem without firm acknowledging you have a problem. But Americans can't ever seem to do that any more.