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A military cargo plane carrying the first shipment of infant formula from Europe to help address a critical shortage in the United States landed in Indianapolis on Sunday and the White House said a second flight had been arranged.

A Feb. 17 recall by top baby formula maker Abbott Laboratories and the closing of its manufacturing plant in Sturgis, Michigan during an investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has created one of the biggest infant formula shortages in recent history for U.S. families.

“This particular formula is for a very, very small percentage of children. Roughly 17,000 children in the country basically are the beneficiaries of this particular formula,” he said. The White House said on Sunday a second flight carrying formula would leave from Rammstein Air Force Base in coming days.Troops used forklifts to unload boxes of the cargo from the plane, which the White House said carried 78,000 pounds of specialty infant formula – enough for 500,000 bottles – and onto trucks heading to distribution centers.

 

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