Baby Formula Crisis in the USA

Baby Formula Crisis in the USA

For the past few days parents are going from store to store in search of baby formula. Let's review how Cronobacter Sakazakii and a market monopoly by Abbott lead us to this situation.

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URL list from Monday, May. 16 2022
Etymologia: Cronobacter sakazakii - PMC
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6199989/#:~:text=In%202007%2C%20the%20genus%20Cronobacter,they%20were%20born%20(Figure).

What Caused the Baby Formula Shortage? - WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-made-the-baby-formula-shortage-biden-administration-abbott-tariffs-nestle-11652480538

Cronobacter Infection and Infants | Cronobacter Infection and Infants | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/cronobacter/infection-and-infants.html

Cronobacter Illnesses Linked to Powdered Infant Formula | CDC
https://www.cdc.gov/cronobacter/outbreaks/infant-formula.html

FDA Investigation of Cronobacter Infections: Powdered Infant Formula (February 2022) | FDA
https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/fda-investigation-cronobacter-infections-powdered-infant-formula-february-2022

Cronobacter sakazakii and the Use of Powdered Infant Formula
http://www.idph.state.il.us/health/infect/Cronobacter_sakazakii_and_Infant_Formula.htm

Enterobacteriaceae - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterobacteriaceae

Cronobacter - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronobacter

Frontiers | Emergence of Cronobacter sakazakii in Cases of Neonatal Sepsis in Upper Egypt: First Report in North Africa | Microbiology
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00215/full

Cronobacter sakazakii | Mechanisms of Pathogenicity
https://mechpath.com/2019/12/03/cronobacter-sakazakii/

US Allows More Baby Formula Imports to Fight Shortage | Business News | US News
https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2022-05-16/biden-offers-logistics-support-to-ease-formula-shortage