havent seen any numbers on the amount of the shortage
is this a days worth? a week?
More like 30 minutes worth. 78,000 lbs is like 1 big truck’s worth. FJB
Less than one day
and where did it go ???
What Walmart sells in a day in New York.
The USDA says it’s enough to feed 9,000 babies and 18,000 toddlers for one week. So, are they bragging about this? Because that’s not something to brag about. That’s bad news.”
“[T]hat is not enough,” she added. “That is not even close. We know that this plant was shut down, the one plant that really is the monopoly here in the United States, three months ago. And we’ve got enough for a week for 27,000 children, babies.”
| Item | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| Population under age 5 | 23,000,000 | |
| Fraction of babies under age 1 | 25% | |
| Population under age 1 | 5,750,000 | |
| Fraction of babies on formula | 75% | |
| Population needing formula | 4,310,000 | |
| Low | High | |
| Formula required per baby (fluid ounces / day) | 24 | 32 |
| Formula required in USA (fluid ounces / day) | 103,440,000 | 137,920,000 |
| Formula density (pounds / gallon) | 8.86 | 8.86 |
| Formula required in USA per day (tons / day) | 46 | 61 |
No, Mika. America getting 100% of its infant formula manufactured outside the US and imported is something to brag about, right?