PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — Ninety-five tons of baby formula landed at Philadelphia International Airport Tuesday as part of Operation Fly Formula, a U.S. initiative intended to curb the baby formula shortage.
It will be available at Target, Walmart and other stores in the next few days.
“Each flight has just a bit less than 2 million 8-ounce servings,” said Bubs Australia CEO Richard Paine, “so every bit counts.”
A UPS official at the airport said UPS delivers more than 25 million packages a day around the world, and this formula shipment is “among the most critical that we will deliver.”
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By the end of the week, Operation Fly Formula will have flown more than 43 million 8-ounce bottles of formula into the U.S., according to the White House.
Federal regulators also reached an agreement with Abbott on the steps necessary to re-open the biggest formula plant in the country, located in Sturgis, Michigan. No deadline has been set.
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