Infant formula shortage throws the West Wing into crisis mode
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President Joe Biden's West Wing has been thrown into crisis mode over a nationwide shortage of baby formula, with top aides undertaking efforts to restock grocery store shelves while coming under fire for a mess they didn't create and which they're still working to grasp the scope of.
The shortage has opened yet another political wound going into an already challenging midterm election season, frustrating the West Wing and the rest of the administration as they struggle with how little control they have over a situation which is centered at the US Food and Drug Administration, an independent agency which the White House neither controls nor gets direct reports from.
Officials -- who have deployed wartime measures and bypassing normal airfreight routes in response -- are now confronting criticism that the FDA moved too slowly to address warning signs. At the same time, they're attempting to learn whether formula companies are actually short on ingredients, while also trying to tackle potential price gouging.
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