
Baby formula production resumes at Abbott's Michigan plant after shutdown due to flooding
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The Abbott formula plant in Sturgis, Michigan, resumed production of EleCare formula on July 1 after a three-week shutdown caused by flooding from severe storms, a company spokesperson said on Saturday.
A previous months-long closure of the plant had helped to drive a nationwide baby formula shortage. At the time of the recent closure, Abbott said it had stopped production of its EleCare in order to "assess damage caused by the storm and clean and re-sanitize the plant."
The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that the "agency expects the measures and steps it is taking, and the resumption of production at the Abbott Nutrition's Sturgis, Mich., facility, will mean more and more supply is on the way or on store shelves moving forward."