US President Joe Biden has invoked a Cold War-era law to give baby formula manufacturers first priority from suppliers amid major shortages across the country.Invoking the Defense Production Act, which was first implemented to support defence production during the Korean War, will require suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfil orders from those companies before other customers, in an effort to eliminate production bottlenecks, the White House said on Wednesday.The administration’s response to the formula shortage will also include the Department of Defense contracting commercial planes “to transport products from manufacturing facilities abroad that have met Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety standards,” the White House said in a statement.
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