2022: Greg Murphy Voted Against $28 Million In Emergency Funding To Address The Baby Formula Shortage As More Than 40% Of Baby Formulas Were Out Of Stock In Stores Across The U.S.

May 2022: Murphy Voted Against $28 Million In Emergency Funding For The Food And Drug Administration To Address The Baby Formula Shortage

May 2022: Murphy Voted Against Authorizing $28 Million To The Food And Drug Administration In Emergency Funding To Address The Baby Formula Shortage. In May 2022 Murphy voted against: “Passage of the bill that would provide $28 million in emergency appropriations for the Food and Drug Administration to address the current shortage and prevent future shortages of FDA-regulated infant formula and certain medical foods, including to prevent fraudulent products from entering the U.S. market. It would require the FDA to report to Congress weekly on obligations of funding provided by the bill.” The bill passed by a vote of 231-192. [H.R. 7790, Vote #220, 5/18/22; CQ, 5/18/22]

Food And Drug Administration Funding Provided For Increased Staff To Inspect Baby Formula And The Prevention Of Future Baby Formula Shortages. “The House voted 231-192 on Wednesday to pass an emergency spending bill aimed at addressing the baby formula shortage. […] The bill gives the Food and Drug Administration $28 million to increase its staff to help inspect baby formula before it arrives on grocery store shelves. • It will also look ‘to prevent future shortages, including such steps as may be necessary to prevent fraudulent products from entering the United States market.’” [Axios, 3/18/22]

May 2022: More Than 40% Of Baby Formulas Were Out Of Stock In Stores Across The U.S.

May 2022: More Than 40% Of Baby Formulas Were Out Of Stock In Stores Across The U.S. “Datasembly’s real-time hyper-local data analysis shows that baby formula stock was relatively stable for the first half of 2021, with out-of-stock (OOS) fluctuation between 2-8%. The OOS detail shows that in April 2022 baby formula shortages hit 30% and jumped to 40% at the end of month. For the first week of May the nationwide OOS situation for baby formula continues to climb. The nation-wide OOS percentage is now at 43% for the week ending May 8th.” [Datasembly, 5/10/22]

May 2022: 26 States Had Baby Formula Out-Of-Stock Rates At 40-50%. “The states seeing the worst shortages include Texas, Tennessee, Missouri, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota — all with out-of-stock rates of about 50 percent. A total of 26 states have out of stock rates of 40 to 50 percent. Among metro areas, San Antonio’s out-of-stock rate has climbed to 57 percent, with Memphis and Nashville at 52 percent and Houston and Des Moines at 50 percent.” [NBC News, 5/9/22]

• Center For Disease Control And Prevention: Non-Hispanic Black Infants, Infants Eligible For WIC, And Infants Born To Mothers Aged 20-29 Were Less Likely To Breastfeed. “Breastfeeding Disparities Exist. • Fewer non-Hispanic Black infants (75.5%) are ever breastfed compared with Asian infants (92.4%), non-Hispanic White infants (85.3%) and Hispanic infants (85.0%). • Infants eligible for and receiving the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) are less likely to ever be breastfed (76.9%) than infants eligible, but not receiving WIC (83.3%), and infants ineligible for WIC (91.6%). • Younger mothers aged 20 to 29 years are less likely to ever breastfeed (81.2%) than mothers aged 30 years or older (85.9%).” [CDC.gov, Accessed 5/19/22]

May 2022: NBC News Headline: “Baby Formula Shortage Has Anxious Parents Stalking Shelves Nationwide.” [NBC News, 5/12/22]