Have you heard about the shortage of baby formula? Grocery retailers in Garnett are not seeing the shortage and have stocks of Enfamil baby formula available on their store shelves. Although they’ve seen reductions in the amounts they can order in the midst of the recall of another infant formula brand which has caused fears of shortage elsewhere in the country.
Lois Jolliff, Manager at Garnett Country Mart, says the store has supplies of Enfamil, although its ordering limits had been reduced from five cases per order to two. An employee at Dollar General in Garnett, also says the store had a supply of Enfamil. Staffers at both stores say the supplies appeared to be meeting the local market demand and they didn’t anticipate a shortage. Similac and Enfamil are formulated slightly differently, with different sugars, prebiotics and different levels of lactose.
Abbott Nutrition, the maker of Similac, voluntarily recalled it Similac, Similac Alimentum and Elecare brand formulas in February after four babies became sick with bacterial infections after ingesting the formulas.
