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<\/picture>\nRepresentative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, speaks during a news conference about the shortage of baby formula outside the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., US, on Thursday, May 12, 2022. The scant supplies of infant formula is<\/span> (Photographer: Ting Shen\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n "We also have concerns about the Abbott recall and how it is impacting shortages," McMorris Rodgers continued. "On behalf of every parent and caregiver who is unsure as to whether they will be able to feed their children, we need answers and we need accountability."<\/p>\n TARGET, CVS, WALGREENS IMPOSE BABY FORMULA PURCHASING LIMITS DUE TO SHORTAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n The Biden administration and particularly the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is facing increasing pressure to take urgent action regarding the shortage, which escalated in recent months following recalls and the shutdown of a major infant formula manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan, owned by Abbott Nutrition. <\/p>\n The facility was closed in February and the company issued recalls of certain products amid an FDA investigation, after complaints that four infants became sick from bacterial infections after consuming formula made at the plant. Two of the babies died.<\/p>\n Stores across the U.S. are struggling to keep baby formula in supply.\u00a0<\/span> (Fox News \/ Fox News)<\/span><\/p>\n Abbott says that after reviewing both internal and FDA test data, there is no evidence linking the babies' illnesses to their formulas.<\/p>\n Now, the situation is in limbo while Abbott works to make upgrades to the plant in order to meet the FDA's recommendations. The FDA says the Michigan plant remains voluntarily closed by Abbott, and the company says it can have products from the facility back on store shelves after a few months once the FDA signs off on them doing so.<\/p>\n BABY FORMULA SHORTAGE HITS ‘CRISIS’ LEVEL, SPARKING PANIC IN PARENTS ACROSS US<\/strong><\/p>\n House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, D-N.J., announced Wednesday that his panel will hold a hearing regarding the formula shortage, saying in a statement that the national shortages "are increasingly alarming and demand Congress' immediate attention." The hearing has been set for May 25, and Republicans say action is needed sooner than that.<\/p>\n "House Democrats' plan is to have a hearing two weeks from now," Republican House Conference Chair Elise Stefanik said during the press conference Thursday. "I can tell you as a new mom, families and moms and dads and babies can't wait two weeks. It needs to be happening now."<\/p>\n Representative Elise Stefanik, a Republican from New York and chair of the Republican House Conference, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 20, 2021.\u00a0<\/span> (Photographer: Samuel Corum\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n "This administration should be looking at everything and anything," the congresswoman said, taking aim at the White House. "We have heard absolutely nothing."<\/p>\n "We're talking about the President of the United States who simply doesn't care, whose only statement from his administration has been laughter in the face of mothers and fathers," she added.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxbusiness.com\/foxbusiness.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/931\/523\/thumbnail_IMG_2256.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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