@ghasley
The federal government becomes responsible for baby formula when it directly gets involved in the purchasing, manufacturing, and import-limiting of the product.
You can't take a significant amount of control and oversight over a product and then when you help break down the availability of it, back-away. That's not leadership or governance; that's cowardice.
The FDA dropped the ball on their investigation and subsequent closure of the Abbott factory. The factory has been closed for over three months because of government intervention and incompetence. Now after the public outcry they've come to an agreement? What happened over the last 12 weeks?
The FDA also has expressly prohibited importing formula from other countries, again until the recent public outcry.
Also, please get educated on the severity of the situation. For many children there aren't any alternatives that don't impose serious risks. Do you work in healthcare? I do. People are bringing infants into the ER out of desperation. There have also been instances, albeit rare, of children needing surgical intervention (g-tubes) to acquire nutrition because there formula is unavailable.
This issue shouldn't be made benign to save the face of any administration; D or R.
