“Basically from today forward, as long as that state of emergency is in place, folks can’t raise prices any more than 10%. That’s the maximum,” Murphy said.
The shortage stems from a February recall by formula maker Abbott that exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers, leaving fewer options on stores shelves across much of the country. The shortage has led some retailers to limit how many containers customers can purchase per visit.
Abbott’s voluntary recall was triggered by four illnesses reported in babies who had consumed powdered formula from its plant. All four infants were hospitalized with a rare type of bacterial infection and two died. After a six-week inspection, Food and Drug Administration investigators published a list of problems in March, including lax safety and sanitary standards and a history of bacterial contamination in several parts of Abbott’s Michigan-based plant.
The plant has been closed since February due to contamination issues. But President Joe Biden’s administration announced the plant would reopen and it planned to increase imports from overseas to begin shipping more formula into the U.S.New Jerseyans can file a complaint of price gouging at
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