Global Kosher in the United Kingdom will provide enough baby formula to make 128 million bottles, and Bellamy’s Organic of Australia will provide enough to make 21 million bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

Global Kosher in the United Kingdom will provide enough baby formula to make 128 million bottles, and Bellamy’s Organic of Australia will provide enough to make 21 million bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.

The FDA has been providing flexibilities in importing baby formula in order to alleviate the critical shortage in the United States.

Global Kosher will supply more than 4.8 million cans of Kendamil First Infant Formula with Iron. The FDA said the company will immediately provide 150,000 cans in the first shipment then 1.2 million cans a month afterward. The FDA said the formula is “expected to be sold mostly in kosher supermarkets, but also in some mainstream retailers that sell kosher milk.”

Bellamy’s, the FDA said, will provide both Step 1 formula for babies from newborn up to 6 months old and Step 2 for babies 6 to 12 months old.

The supply will include 696,000 cans that are expected to be available here in early July and over the next several months. The formula, the FDA said, will be “sold at major and specialty retailers.”

For months, the FDA has been “exercising enforcement discretion for the importation” of baby formula from overseas in order to increase the amount of formula available in the United States.

Last week, the FDA said Danone in Ireland will send enough baby formula to make 19 million bottles to the United States.

The shortage was in part sparked by a national recall of baby formula produced at Abbott Nutrition’s facility in Sturgis, Michigan, which then was shut down for three months.

Abbott closed the factory “in February after the Food and Drug Administration began investigating four bacterial infections among infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant. Two of the babies died. The company continues to state that its products have not been directly linked to the infections, which involved different bacterial strains,” according to the Associated Press.

Abbott, one of the largest manufacturers of formula in the United States recalled Similac, Alimentum and EleCare powdered infant formulas.

That recall resulted in empty store shelves and retailers putting limits on how much a person could buy. The supply had already been tight because of supply chain issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Abbott plant restarted on June 4 but then was shut down again on June 13 after powerful storms ripped through that area of Michigan causing flooding and damage at the plant. The plant was closed for cleaning, sterilization and repairs.

The FDA maintains a list of manufacturers that have been given “enforcement discretion” in order to increase the supply of baby formula in the United States. The database lists the type of formula and when it is expected to be available.

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