The Biden administration will facilitate the air shipment of more than 862,000 8-ounce bottles of Nestlé Health Science Alfamino.® Toddlers and Alfamino® The Junior Formula and SMA Nutrition Althéra Specialty Formulas were launched on August 26, following more than eight million Nestlé 8-ounce bottles that were trucked out earlier in August.
Today, President Biden announced that his administration has arranged one flight facilitated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for Operation Fly Formula to transport Nestlé Health Science Alfamino. did.® Toddlers and Alfamino® Junior Formula and SMA Nutrition Altera’s Specialty Formula products were transported from Switzerland and the Netherlands to New York, NY on August 26, and then trucked to Plainfield, Indiana. These deliveries include approximately 68,000 pounds of Nestlé Signature Formula products. That equates to over 862,000 8 oz bottles. These products are distributed through retail stores, hospitals and home health care providers and are intended for use under medical supervision.
From August 1-15, the Biden administration also procured several Nestlé Gerber Good Start Gentle Formula truck shipments from Mexico to Fort Worth, Texas. These deliveries included approximately £566,000 of Nestlé products, the equivalent of his 8.4 million eight-ounce bottles.
In early May, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it was exercising its enforcement discretion to allow Nestlé to export additional infant formula to the United States.® SupremePro 1 and NAN® SupremePro 2, Nestle NAN® EXPERTpro SensiPro, Nestle Health Science Alfamino® Toddlers and Alfamino® Junior, Vitaflo PKU start™Gerber® Good Start® Gentle & Gerber® Good Start® Extended HA®, and Nestlé SMA Nutrition Arsera. Nestlé plans to bring more than 42 million 8 oz bottle equivalents to the US market in the future.
President Biden launched Operation Fly Formula to accelerate the importation of infant formula and began getting more formula into stores as soon as possible. Under Operation Fly Formula, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the General Services Administration (GSA), and the Department of Defense (DOD) are partnering to pick up infant formulas overseas. increase. Meets US health and safety standards so shelves, hospitals and home care providers can stock up faster. To date, Operation Fly Formula has shipped approximately 79 million 8-ounce bottles to the United States.
In addition, the Biden administration invoked the Defense Production Act and signed an agreement with the FDA and Abbott Nutrition to reopen Sturgis facilities to ensure families had enough safe infant formula. We are taking many other important steps to do so. FDA is issuing guidance to allow major formula manufacturers to safely import formulas not currently manufactured for the U.S. market. For more information on our actions, please visit whitehouse.gov/formula.
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