Posted on May 17, 2022
Finding the Formula: Why parents are scrambling to feed their children
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I don't want to Make Light of this Situation but Just a Memory. Having been a New Father. The say "Scent" is the Best Trigger of Memory. The Smell of Regurgitated Enfamil will always be stuck in My Brain. I can Tell the Smell of a New Father by that Smell.
Finding the Formula: Why parents are scrambling to feed their children
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Part of the problem is the block the dairy industry put into the USMCA:
“ As part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), negotiated by President Donald Trump to replace the North America Free Trade Agreement in July 2020, Canada agreed to impose an additional surcharge of $3/kg if the total volume of its global formula exports—not just exports to the U.S.—broke a certain threshold. That threshold is currently set at 40,480 metric tons for the current “dairy year” of August 1 2021 to July 31 2022.
The new duties seemingly closed off Canada as a source of infant formula. The U.S. imported a grand total of zero tons of baby formula from its nothern neighbor in 2021, yet has shipped tons of domestic formula into Canada. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.-manufactured infant formula made up the largest component of U.S. dairy exports to Canada in 2021, accounting for 22% of all northbound dairy trade.”
https://fortune.com/2022/05/17/us-infant-baby-formula-shortage-imports-fda-nutrition-tariffs-usmca/amp/
“ As part of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), negotiated by President Donald Trump to replace the North America Free Trade Agreement in July 2020, Canada agreed to impose an additional surcharge of $3/kg if the total volume of its global formula exports—not just exports to the U.S.—broke a certain threshold. That threshold is currently set at 40,480 metric tons for the current “dairy year” of August 1 2021 to July 31 2022.
The new duties seemingly closed off Canada as a source of infant formula. The U.S. imported a grand total of zero tons of baby formula from its nothern neighbor in 2021, yet has shipped tons of domestic formula into Canada. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S.-manufactured infant formula made up the largest component of U.S. dairy exports to Canada in 2021, accounting for 22% of all northbound dairy trade.”
https://fortune.com/2022/05/17/us-infant-baby-formula-shortage-imports-fda-nutrition-tariffs-usmca/amp/
Why the U.S. can’t just increase imports to solve the baby formula shortage – Fortune
The FDA is easing tough approval requirements, but high tariffs on imports from Canada and Europe remain an obstacle.
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According to the news this morning shipmate, children over 6 months old can be given whole milk, but only 24 oz. per day PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth I was a "Special" Case. Born Lactose Intolerant (Don't Worry it gets Better after Time) after birth in St Louis Moved shortly thereafter to Lebanon, Il Dads Home Town and there was "Goat Milk" Available. Still rather like Feta Cheese.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - That's was my youngest brother in laws problem was, and he grew up on a dairy farm shipmate.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
That's case by case dependent though - my daughter couldn't have milk until she was 3 after her kidney transplant. Her native kidneys were crap and couldn't break down protein. I did give her milk once because I was ordering her renal formula online (cheaper than the pharmacy) and didn't get it before the weekend. Her PCM had told me once in awhile she could have milk. I gave her milk for 2 days - and when she had labs that Mon the nephrology nurse called and asked what was going on because her phosphorous was super high. I told her and after that, they figured out how to get TRICARE to cover the renal formula and I got it from the Children's Home Health. She was about 1 1/2 then.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen With Chris I Reeked of Enfamil all the Time, I would always wear Half of What He Drank. Now He isn't a Little Lad Now though! LOL!
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Not a "Little Lad" William "Chip" Nagel, William "Willie" Nagel, William "Chris" Nagel.
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