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Re:Bad government policy is fueling the infant formula shortage by zdragnar on Saturday May 14, 2022 @06:31PM (#31383314)
> If it is available in any quantity then needing a prescription keeps it from being used for infants that don't need it.

Ah, I didn't realize you meant waving a fiat wand so that everyone had to get a prescription for it.

If that were the case, then I imagine we could do the same with bottled water, gluten free grains, alcohol, vitamin supplements, coffee, CBD, and more, and solve so many problems!

Alas, the FDA has certain authority over drugs, and certain authority over food. It does not have the same authority over both, and infant formula is a food, not a drug.

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Re:Bad government policy is fueling the infant formula shortage by yakak on Sunday May 15, 2022 @09:24AM (#31387401)
Baby formula is not really food, babies can't eat food and feeding your infant food would be abuse likely to kill them. Full nutritional replacements that need to be made in a safer environment than a kitchen to replace mother's milk is closer to penicillin than cheeseburger. But there are better categories, the FDA does recognize nutritional supplements and there are prescription health supplements.
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