A plane from Germany with more than 31 tons of powdered milk for babies landed this Sunday morning in USAcountry that suffers from a major shortageaccording to images broadcast by American television channels.
President Joe Biden He had announced shortly before on Twitter that a plane “loaded with more than 70,000 pounds (more than 31 tons, NdE) of formula milk (…) is about to land in Indiana”.
Folks, I’m excited to tell you that the first flight from Operation Fly Formula is loaded up with more than 70,000 pounds of infant formula and about to land in Indiana.
Our team is working around the clock to get safe formula to everyone who needs it. pic.twitter.com/cX4KU0eDtZ
— President Biden (@POTUS)
May 22, 2022
“A flight departed during the night from the Ramstein Air Force Basein Germanyfilled with powdered baby milk, and will land in Indiana by (Sunday) morning, the White House economic adviser said. brian deese to the CNN channel.
The plane was carrying the brand’s product Nestle.
Other milk powder deliveries “will arrive early in the week” on other flights, it added.
USA For several months now, there has been a shortage of infant milk caused by supply and labor problems linked to the Covid-19 and then aggravated by the closure, in February, from an Abbott company factory in Michiganafter some of its products were suspected of causing the deaths of two babies.
