.RepThomasMassie slams FDA and USDA, blames them for baby formula and meat shortages
Baby formula has not been the only industry hit by the supply chain issues since the pandemic began, with consumers suffering through sky-high prices for meat over much of the last few years.for the problem last year. It announced steps to prevent"pandemic profiteering," aiming to increase the supply chain by dedicating $650 million toward funding mid-size and small meat and poultry plants.
"We’re trying to support new investment and policies that are going to diversify and address that underlying problem of concentration," said Andy Green, a USDA senior adviser for fair and competitive markets said at the time. Massie linked the two issues together, saying the FDA's role in the baby formula shortage did not come as a shock.
"Four corporations control over 80% of the meat that’s processed in the United States. Onerous USDA regulations on small processors have enabled this oligopoly to thrive, while customers experience higher prices and occasional shortages because of it," Massie told Fox News Digital Tuesday."I authored and introduced the bicameral bipartisan PRIME Act in 2015 to solve this problem.
"So it came as no surprise to me to discover that FDA regulators were responsible for the prolonged closure of at least one baby formula production facility, and that FDA regulations have been an impediment to the importation of baby formula from overseas."Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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