Addressing the Baby Formula Shortage: FDA Powers Explained

The Food and Drug Administration announced new steps to ease the import of baby formula following a nationwide supply chain shortage that has the White House and Congress clamoring to provide answers.

The agency said in new guidance Monday that it’s allowing suppliers abroad to apply to import their infant formula into the US, and the FDA will determine on a case-by-case basis whether a foreign product is safe and provides adequate nutrition.

“The FDA is leaving no stone unturned to further increase the availability of infant formula,” FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said in a statement. “We are doing ...