are you a christian author with a book that you re ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! this amazing reality continues, the u.s. flying in emergency flights of baby formula. a second flight of formula will leave germany tomorrow morning for the u.s. as parents nationwide continue to struggle to find formula for their babies. the first batch, of course, was flown in on sunday. that was the equivalent of 1.8 million bottles of formula. what s going to be on this next flight, elizabeth? reporter: erica, this next flight will also have hypoallergenic formula.
on the way. but for many families, the shelves are still missing the form whether they need to feed their children. an air force plane with tons of hypoallergenic formula landed in indiana and a second flight will land in virginia wednesday. these are two first flights of operation fly formula as the biden administration easeds the shortage. abbott nutrition hope to open the shuttered michigan plant in two weeks but could take up to two months for that formula to be available. we have lots to get to. meg oliver will start us off from new york. good evening. reporter: good evening. as desperate families nayswide wait for baby formula to arrive, the mayor of new york city issued a state of emergency to prevent price gouging. this massive air force c17 plane landed in the u.s. sunday carrying precious cargo, 78,000 pounds of hypoallergenic
how will this be distribute and when is more on the way? well, it will be distributed to areas around the country in most need. officials, remember that this formula that is on the shipment that landed on sunday, it is composed of hypoallergenic formula, specialized for babies allergic or intolerant to cow s milk. this will be specialized formula. secretary vilsack of the agriculture department met that shipment in indiana on sunday. he talked more about the choreography, more about where this is going to go around the country. take a listen here. now this shipment is going to essentially get off this cargo plane. then the federal express folks will take it from there. they re going to deliver it to a distribution center that the nestles gerber folks have in indiana. then it will go on trucks and
morning from london. what more can we expect in terms of shipment and easing that shortage? erica, we re expecting another shipment this coming week, just in the next few days. and that will total out the equivalent of 1.5 million bottles of formula. let s take a look at some of those details. so, 1.5 million 8-ounce bottles will be brought in, the equivalent of that n two different flights. the first flight already left sunday with hypoallergenic formula. that will go to hospitals, pharmacies, doctors. it will be interesting to see how that flow works, how that actually gets to the families. a second flight expected in coming days with more hypoallergenic formula. there s another side to this or another effort being made. that s part of the defense production act. that is the federal government has stepped in and said, you know what, ingredients that can be used for a whole variety of things, we want to prioritize infant formula. so, what they re saying here is that things like corn
commissioner that in a matter of a week or so, we should begin to see some supply. over the course of the next several weeks, we should see an ever-increasing supply. i would say certainly within the next 30 days, we re going to see an abatement of this situation. 30 days. last night, president biden announced defense production act authorizations for two formula manufacturers. it allows both companies to get priority in the materials needed to quickly increase supply. joining us now, nbc news correspondent meagan fitzgerald, who is in indiana. great to see you this morning. where can caregivers go to get formula from these shipments? reporter: jonathan, good morning. great to be with you. you know, it is so important that you already noted we re talking about this hypoallergenic formula. yesterday, we saw the 78,000 pounds coming here.