In an effort to address the continuing shortage of infant and young child formula, the united states air force transporter brought the first infant and child formula from europe to the united states on 22 local time, about 35 tons of which could be divided into more than 500,000 cans. However, the united states minister of agriculture, thomas wilsack, argued that the imported powder was merely a “crawl of water”。
United states secretary of agriculture thomas wilsack: this batch of milk is available only to a very small proportion of infants and young children, and only about 17,000 children (one week)。
It is known that only infants and young children who are fortunate to be able to access the milk powder by air include those who are allergic to the normal formula. This also means that millions of american parents will continue to face the “one can” of infant and child formula. According to the new york times, it remains unclear when consumers will be able to see a sufficient supply of milk powder on supermarket shelves。
Infants and young children are hospitalized because of a shortage of milk powder and parents are dying
The “milk dust desert” in the united states has been going on for months. According to data, the infant and child formula shortage rate in the united states had fluctuated between 2 and 8 per cent in the first half of the year, compared to over 30 per cent at the beginning of april and now stands at 45 per cent。
In response, families have begun to “leave food” for their children, while special formulas such as allergies have been cut off, resulting in children and infants having to try other milk powders, leading to health problems. Many more babies and young children have reportedly recently been hospitalized in south carolina, united states。
Children's medicine specialist at the university of south carolina, kandi gangp: it is indeed worrying that if this were to continue, we would have more and more children hospitalized for professional medical care。
Parents in the united states: to keep their children from eating, let alone eating, for weeks would really only speed up the pace of hospitalization。
The "milk dust" became a hot topic for the mid-term election
It has also been reported that the “milk dust desert” has become the subject of much debate in the united states during the mid-election year. According to the associated press, the mid-election year of “milk dust” has become a new topic for republican attacks against democrats following high inflation, immigration and violent crime. Democrats and the federal government are not too slow, and last week the united states government announced the use of the defense production act to accelerate the production of infant and young child formulas and authorized the military to launch a special operation to transport imported powder. However, it is also a question mark when the “milk dust desert” in the united states can really be resolved。
