Why four companies dominate the baby formula industry

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Four companies have 87% of the market for baby formula. Critics say that set the stage for shortages.

Republicans have criticized the FDA for cracking down too hard on Abbott, while Democrats have blasted the industry for lacking competition.

The product is expensive to make because it’s medically sensitive and it’s tightly regulated by the FDA, whose temporary shutdown of the Abbott Nutrition plant in Sturgis, Michigan, after a foodborne pathogen was discovered there has exacerbated the shortage.

 

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