On May 17, Democrats from the United States House of Representatives proposed a $28 million funding bill to address the nationwide infant formula shortage. She also highlighted the unsafe importation of non-FDA regulated infant formula. [The administration] provided more flexibility for the [Women, infants, and Children] program to boost accessibility, they worked with manufacturing to increase production and encourage importation of safe formula. The act allows the federal government to push businesses to prioritize production and delivery of certain goods and supplies during a dire nationwide shortage. While the FDA’s announcement of infant formula importation flexibility from usually unutilized foreign countries will increase access, according to Pelosi, she expects that the newly proposed bill will help speed up FDA inspection process of those imported products, making them hit the shelves faster.

Source: New York Times May 19, 2022 17:27 UTC