get formula on the shelves and we reached out to other formula makers to see where else they can turn to reup their production, and there are increased imports from europe but the real crux is the timing issue, as you saw the family there is really, really up against a wall and so many families are feeling the same way, josé. no doubt. jo ling kent, thank you so much. appreciate it. around two dozen homes completely destroyed after a fast-moving wildfire tore through a southern california neighborhood last night. we will go live to orange county for the latest. more americans died of drug overdoses last year than any other year before. i ll talk to the director of the national institute of drug use. fentanyl is a big deal because you can take it accidentally. there could be a couple
what we do know, this is a problem that s gets worse. nationwide, the out of stock rate is now at 43%. texas, tennessee, arizona, nevada, hit the hardest. abbott says it s flying in formula from europe to make up for the shut down here. other formula makers say they are ramping up production as well. it s not as easy as it sounds. cannot turn it up to 11 and produce more formula. these are precise manufacturing mechanisms. secondly, make sure that if the abbott products can come back on the market, that they are safe and effective. so once the factory restarts, it will take, abbott says, 6 to 8 weeks, two months until the formula goes from here to store shelves across the country. obviously this is not a problem that can be that can wait two months, and that s why parents, as well as lawmakers in washington, d.c., are calling on president biden and the f.d.a.
can buy and the agency is meeting regularly with abbott and other formula makers. the work is ongoing to bring the plant up to speed. in the meanwhile, we ve been working with manufacturers to make sure there is a supply of infant formula. but parents say they need a better solution right now. it s not something that a parent should have to deal with. now, we mentioned that the u.s. government is asking retailers to limit how much they sell for any one individual customer, making a purchase. let s take a look at those limits. cvs and walgreens say no more than three products at any one purchase. target has a limit of four products, when you buy online. they have no limit in stores. in addition to this, the u.s. government is trying to expedite the process for importing formula from other countries. brianna? yeah, we re seeing price