A group of 19 Republican governors sent President Joe Biden a letter calling on the administration to increase access to baby formula nationwide.
The letter urges the Biden administration to take various actions to make baby formula less expensive and more available.
The letter tells Biden to cut tariffs, import quotas, and other trade barriers that block baby formula from entering the country.
The letter urges the FDA to update its labeling standards for baby formula from outside the country.
The governors want to allow baby formula to be imported from countries with equal or higher food safety standards to those of the United States.
It calls on the country to improve its domestic supply chain for baby formula and urges independent and transparent reviews/recommendations on how to avoid future problems when baby formula used by the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children gets recalled.
The letter says that the out-of-stock rate for baby formula is at 40% across the country and is as high as 50% in some states.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
GOP governors urge Biden to remove international baby formula red tape
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