House Appropriation Leaders Propose Emergency Funding For FDA's Infant Formula Programs

Democrats introduce bill two days before Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies subcommittee will question FDA Commissioner Robert Califf about agency’s oversight of formula industry during a hearing on FY2023 budget.

House Appropriations Committee leaders offer more than criticism of the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of the US infant formula market during the ongoing supply shortage that followed the shutdown of an Abbott Nutrition plant.

Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro and Rep. Sanford Bishop, chairman of the subcommittee with FDA oversight, also propose adding $28m emergency...