about her last day, what s the timeline, when are shelves going to be re-stocked or restored with baby formula and the press secretary would not give an exact timeline. that s certainly a problem. we also don t have a timeline from either abbott or the f.d.a. on when this abbott facility in sturgis, michigan will reopen. this is a problem caused in part by this facility shutting down, but the formula shortage was a problem even before the factory shut down, and now across the country the out of stock rate is 43% with some states getting hit worse than others. you see there, nevada, arizona, texas, tennessee in red, their out of stock rate is above 50%. so a lot of people are asking the white house and the f.d.a., if they knew this was a problem months ago, why didn t they warn parents? what they should have done right away communicate to the american public it could
can it be fixed? it is bad. we re talking to parents who are in tears searching for formula for their babies. let s take a look at these numbers. as you mentioned, 43% out of stock rate across the country, according to data sembly. if you look at these eight cities and these metro yare as if we look at the week ending may 8, it was 50%. more than half of the formula that should have been there was actually there. this is not going to be solved quickly. it s going to be abbott s plant in michigan that got closed down, it s going to be at least six to eight weeks until they can reopen and start making product again. but let s talk about what abbott and the white house say that they re doing to help alleviate this. abbott has air shipped millions of cans of formula from its plant in ireland and it s also switching manufacturing lines from other products to formula to prioritize formula skrx the white house says that they re working to increase u.s. manufacturing and importing. again, pa
these are very precise manufacturing mechanisms and we have to make sure that if the abbott products can come back on the market, that they are safe and effective. so far unfortunately that hasn t done much to help the shortage. in fact, it is getting worse. we showed you the map a few minutes ago and you can see eight states plus washington, d.c. have half the formula supply they normally would. nationwide, the out of stock rate is 43%. i went straight to costco. they didn t have my formula. i went to target and they didn t have it. wal-mart didn t have it and i went to other places and they didn t have the formula. getting this factory back online abbott knows is urgent and important. it is not a silver bullet. supply chain issues have also contributed to the baby formula shortage. parents and lawmakers in
most states are seeing an out of stock rate of 40 to 50%. house republicans introducing legislation to make it easier to import formula from other countries, and many of those lawmakers are dealing with this problem themselves. this crisis has been brewing for months. since my 4-month-old has been born, my entire family across four states scouring shelves looking for formula for which he is dependent to survive. this chart shows you when this abbott production facility shut down. you can see that the problem and the shortage certainly got worse after that, but it was already a problem before, so while abbott and the federal government acknowledges it s extremely important and urgent to get this factory back open, it s not the silver bullet. there s got to be another solution to getting baby formula back on store shelves. we should hear from the president, at least his
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.