Baby Formula Industry Successfully Lobbied To Weaken Bacteria Testing Safety Standards

[struth]

At the time, the FDA had proposed rules to prevent the adulteration of baby formula in any step of the process in order to prevent contamination from salmonella and Cronobacter sakazakii, which led to this year’s Sturgis plant shutdown.

The largest infant formula manufacturers quickly stepped up to delay the safety proposals. The International Formula Council, now known as the Infant Nutrition Council of America, is the lobby group that represents Abbott Nutrition (owned by Abbott Laboratories), Gerber (owned by Nestlé), Perrigo Co., and Reckitt Benckiser Group, the companies that control 89 percent of the baby formula market in the U.S.

As critics have noted, the formula industry had wide latitude to expand production and increase spending on safety standards. Abbott last year announced that it had spent $5 billion purchasing its own stock.

Baby Formula Industry Successfully Lobbied to Weaken Bacteria Safety Testing Standards

The current baby formula shortage is traced in part to a contamination-induced shutdown at a key manufacturing plant.

theintercept.com

Babies? Not our concern. Just the cost of getting those returns on investment for the shareholders.

xiden lied babies died

 

[22lcidw]

This is a different scandal to the nestle third world scandal isnt it ?
Feeding babies is a dirty business.

Being American is better than many parts of the world. Saying that we are asked or forced to pay for a lot of things. Including for others around the world. There is enough responsibility in raising a child without having a lottery to get a can of formula.

 

[initforme]

Drop all safety standards for formula. Then just make it without concern. Good enough. If some get sick so be it.

 

[justoffal]

At the time, the FDA had proposed rules to prevent the adulteration of baby formula in any step of the process in order to prevent contamination from salmonella and Cronobacter sakazakii, which led to this year’s Sturgis plant shutdown.

The largest infant formula manufacturers quickly stepped up to delay the safety proposals. The International Formula Council, now known as the Infant Nutrition Council of America, is the lobby group that represents Abbott Nutrition (owned by Abbott Laboratories), Gerber (owned by Nestlé), Perrigo Co., and Reckitt Benckiser Group, the companies that control 89 percent of the baby formula market in the U.S.

As critics have noted, the formula industry had wide latitude to expand production and increase spending on safety standards. Abbott last year announced that it had spent $5 billion purchasing its own stock.

Baby Formula Industry Successfully Lobbied to Weaken Bacteria Safety Testing Standards

The current baby formula shortage is traced in part to a contamination-induced shutdown at a key manufacturing plant.

theintercept.com

Babies? Not our concern. Just the cost of getting those returns on investment for the shareholders.

Yep probably a big part of the problem. No matter..... Biden will still have it shoved up his ass and it's going quite well at this point. Most people will only know that there is a shortage and they will blame whoever is in charge. Most people will not put in a single minute's worth of research to discover what the root is. Wonderful isn't it? you were happy with that for four years ....why so unhappy now?