The baby formula shortage that has devastated parents nationally for months may finally be showing signs of easing soon, UW-Madison experts say — and global laboratory testing company Eurofins Scientific with its growing presence in Dane County is helping speed that along.
Even though Michigan’s Abbott Nutrition, the nation’s largest manufacturer of baby formula products, is slowly coming back online after closing down a few times over contamination concerns and a torrential June thunderstorm, it could still be a few months before shelves are fully stocked, said Peter Lukszys, lecturer for the Department of Operations and Information Management at the UW-Madison Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management.