Baby Formula Makers Tell Biden They Foresaw Dire Shortages
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President Joe Biden defended his administration’s response to a national baby formula shortage, saying he acted as soon he became aware of the crisis in April -- even as manufacturers told him Wednesday they saw it coming months earlier.
“We knew from the very beginning that this would be a very serious event,” Robert Cleveland, senior vice president for North America and Europe nutrition for Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc, told Biden at a White House meeting.