U.S. Baby-Formula Airlift Due to Begin With Flight From Europe
Nearly empty shelves in the baby formula aisle of a grocery store in Detroit, Michigan, on May 19.
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A first air shipment of baby formula will be delivered to the US on Sunday under an emergency program authorized by President Joe Biden to address a national shortage that has parents struggling to meet the needs of their newborns.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will travel to Indianapolis to greet the arrival of 132 pallets of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino Infant and Alfamino Junior formula, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement Saturday.