Parisippany-based Reckitt recently shared an update on efforts by its Mead Johnson subsidiary to get more baby formula to consumers. Now, the company said Mead Johnson received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval to import the equivalent of 66 million 8-ounce servings of base infant formula powder from Reckitt’s Singapore facility between now and November.
In the June 15 announcement, Reckitt said it will work closely with the FDA and Operation Fly Formula to ensure formula reaches families as quickly as possible, adding that this supply is the largest contribution yet from any manufacturer in solving the formula shortage in the U.S.
Reckitt’s new shipments of baby formula will feed an average of more than 130,000 additional babies a month. – UNSPLASH
Pat Sly, president of Reckitt’s nutrition business, thanked the FDA for the approval, as well as the company’s partners to help get it to the U.S. Sly said the move will feed an average of more than 130,000 additional babies a month.
“The FDA’s import approval, along with the Defense Production Act, assists us in drastically increasing our supply to help more formula reach store shelves and the parents who need it,” Sly said in the statement.
Reckitt said it will “[p]rioritize channels that are available to parents who qualify for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), and are among the most vulnerable in this shortage.”
The company, which is operating manufacturing plants around the clock, is also working with the U.S. government to secure additional capacity from its facility in Delicias, Mexico. These efforts, among others it highlighted, allow it to feed an additional 211,000 more babies than before the shortage.
