2nd baby formula shipment arrives in Washington DC

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The second cargo of abroad child components is in america.

“Meals is the primary and most essential means we nurture our youngsters,” First Woman Dr. Jill Biden mentioned.

Biden and U.S Surgeon Basic Dr. Vivek Murthy greeted the arrival at Dulles Worldwide Airport.

“I’m right here right this moment to say to oldsters, ‘You aren’t alone,’” Biden mentioned.

“We is not going to relaxation till each guardian has the components they want for his or her little one,” Murthy mentioned.

The flight from Germany delivered greater than 100,000 kilos of Nestle components, sufficient to fill 1,000,000 eight-ounce bottles.

“These merchandise have met the gold customary for security that the FDA units and that folks anticipate,” Murthy mentioned.

Whereas the administration continues to handle the scarcity of components, members of Congress wish to know why the FDA didn’t react sooner after closing the Abbott child components manufacturing facility.

“Why weren’t we transferring on all these items in March and transferring in the direction of getting this plant reopened then?” Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) requested.

“We didn’t trust that they might produce secure components till we bought management of the plant by the consent decree,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf mentioned.

Lawmakers like Griffith and Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) need options to keep away from this drawback sooner or later.

“We perhaps ought to have a look at growing home manufacturing, on that entrance,” Rice mentioned.

The FDA says now the child components manufacturing facility needs to be able to reopen in a few weeks.