The market has been getting tight for the better part of half a year already. Really you can trace it to the pandemics. The kinds of supply chain snarls that have affected all kinds of industries have affected the formula industry as well. And then the big, big blow came february when abbot was forced to shut down a factory in sturgis, michigan. There were indications that there might have been a bacteria outbreak related to its factory.
China’s Communist Party leaders have painted themselves into a corner: they cannot be seen to put the capital into lockdown, but permitting covid to spread could be catastrophic. We look into the myriad reasons behind America’s sharp shortages of baby formula, and how to solve them. And why it is illegal for women to get a manicure in Turkmenistan.
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