US EditionHHS, FDA Begin 'Operation Stork Speed' to Improve Quality of Infant Formula
- In 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, together with its parent agency overseeing health services, launched Operation Stork Speed to conduct a thorough evaluation of infant formula nutrition.
- This initiative follows a growing recognition that infant formula is often the sole nutrition source for many children and requires updated safety standards.
- Operation Stork Speed will expand testing for heavy metals, encourage new formula development, clarify ingredient labeling, and hold a public expert panel in June 2025.
- FDA Commissioner Martin A. Makary emphasized that safeguarding those most at risk is both a moral obligation and a duty, highlighting the need to rely on the highest quality scientific standards.
- The program marks the first full review since 1998, aims to boost transparency, and invites public comments through September 11, 2025, to assess nutrient standards based on recent science.
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HHS, FDA begin 'Operation Stork Speed' to improve quality of infant formula
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have begun to comprehensively review the nutritional value of infant formula, a program the agencies have dubbed Operation Stork Speed.
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HHS, FDA Begin 'Operation Stork Speed' to Improve Quality of Infant Formula
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration have begun to comprehensively review the nutritional value of infant formula, a program the agencies have dubbed Operation Stork…
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