Nearly a year after the U.S. infant formula shortages began, parents are still struggling to find formula on store shelves, or face purchase limits when they do find their preferred brand. As of mid-November, 34 percent of parents in households with infants had trouble finding formula, U.S. census data show.
Yet despite the hungry babies and ongoing crisis, dairy lobbyists are now telling Congress it’s time to end the emergency waivers issued on foreign brands imported to help alleviate shortages. With the waivers set to expire at the end of this year, the National Milk Producers Federation is asking