United States.- The Abbott Laboratories company apologized for the problem of baby formula shortage that the market has registered USA During the last months.
In this sense, the company specialized in food assured parents in the United States that in the future this same problem will not be repeated.
“We are deeply sorry and we are committed to ensuring that a shortage like this does not happen again,” he said. Christopher CalamariCEO of Abbott Nutrition.
Although from the end of 2021 the US market began to register a lack of formula milk for infants, it was not until the first months of the current year when the problem worsened, which has led parents to resort to various means to acquire food for their children.
During a hearing before a commission of the american congressCalamari emphasized that it will take time for Abbott to regain the trust of families in the North American nation, while affirming that the multinational is doing everything possible to resolve the crisis.
Due to supply and labor problems linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, Covid-19For months now, the United States has had to deal with a lack of powdered baby milk.
The shortage of said food for infants worsened after last February of this year one of the Abbott Laboratories plants in the state of Michiganthis after a massive withdrawal of products suspected of having caused the death of minors.
About the Abbott factory, the Food and Drug Administration (FDAfor its acronym in English), announced that, after the inspections and analyzes made to it, it was concluded that the company had a weak security scheme for the manufacture of formula milk for babies.
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However, Calamari stressed that his belief remains that there was no conclusive evidence linking the company’s products to infant illnesses and deaths from the bacteria. cronobacter sakazakiifound in the factory located in SturgisMichigan, insisting that the samples of these “did not come from areas in direct contact” with the infant food.
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