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It is amazing how despite regularly checking news.google.com, reading the NY Times periodically, listening to two daily morning news podcasts, and listening to

It is amazing how despite regularly checking news.google.com, reading the NY Times periodically, listening to two daily morning news podcasts, and listening to NPR in the car, that a)I only just heard about a formula shortage yesterday and b)only now heard that there was a food pathogen at the Abbott plant, and that recall is the principal cause. The NPR story yesterday made it sound like this was just supply chain issues. Not a single fucking word about a recall or contamination incident causing a plant shutdown. I'm guessing this is the result of the finest public relations money can buy?

unethical_ban 4y ago
I'm wondering the same. National food shortage, has been happening for at least a week or more, and this is the first i hear that it is due to recall.
icegreentea2 4y ago
I'm certain there's some PR crap going on, but a shortage was building even before the recall (mid-feb). From https://datasembly.com/news/out-of-stock-rate-in-april-2022-copy/ https://datasembly.com/news/out-of-stock-rate-in-april-2022-... (referenced from https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-worsens-as-national-out-of-stock-rate-hits-43/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/baby-formula-shortag...), we can see out of stock rates were already climbing to the 20-30% range in Feburary. It really ignites in April, as the recall affects products with expiry date after April 1 2022.
- LorenPechtel 4y ago
  It occurs to me that this might even date from last year. Their IT systems have been abysmal, last year I placed an order for one of their specialty products. They had replaced the IT system and not even ported over the account data, I had to set up a new account. Well, welcome to the modern age, on-line ordering is actually functional! However, I was limited to ordering one case. At the time I didn't think much of it, just figured it was applying some dollar limit to what a new customer could order. Earlier this year I found it was still only possible to buy one case and an error code was configured for trying to order more than one--no explanation.
micromacrofoot 4y ago
tons of people on twitter blaming biden for it
- black_13 4y ago
- ta988 4y ago
  Presidential blamers are always going to blame the one from the other side of the spectrum.
- pstuart 4y ago
  Those people (and bots) will blame everything on Biden regardless of veracity.
at_a_remove 4y ago
Well, if it helps, 4chan has been talking about this for at least a month, complete with maps of various food production facilities that have suffered fires or otherwise suddenly gone out of commission.
- pram 4y ago
  On ZeroHedge for a while too :V
ta988 4y ago
I saw articles about that on news.google.com several months ago. Maybe the way they filter your feed?

unethical_ban 4y ago

I'm wondering the same. National food shortage, has been happening for at least a week or more, and this is the first i hear that it is due to recall.

icegreentea2 4y ago

I'm certain there's some PR crap going on, but a shortage was building even before the recall (mid-feb). From https://datasembly.com/news/out-of-stock-rate-in-april-2022-copy/ https://datasembly.com/news/out-of-stock-rate-in-april-2022-... (referenced from https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-worsens-as-national-out-of-stock-rate-hits-43/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/05/baby-formula-shortag...), we can see out of stock rates were already climbing to the 20-30% range in Feburary. It really ignites in April, as the recall affects products with expiry date after April 1 2022.

LorenPechtel 4y ago
It occurs to me that this might even date from last year. Their IT systems have been abysmal, last year I placed an order for one of their specialty products. They had replaced the IT system and not even ported over the account data, I had to set up a new account. Well, welcome to the modern age, on-line ordering is actually functional! However, I was limited to ordering one case. At the time I didn't think much of it, just figured it was applying some dollar limit to what a new customer could order. Earlier this year I found it was still only possible to buy one case and an error code was configured for trying to order more than one--no explanation.

micromacrofoot 4y ago

tons of people on twitter blaming biden for it

black_13 4y ago
ta988 4y ago
Presidential blamers are always going to blame the one from the other side of the spectrum.
pstuart 4y ago
Those people (and bots) will blame everything on Biden regardless of veracity.

at_a_remove 4y ago

Well, if it helps, 4chan has been talking about this for at least a month, complete with maps of various food production facilities that have suffered fires or otherwise suddenly gone out of commission.

pram 4y ago
On ZeroHedge for a while too :V

ta988 4y ago

I saw articles about that on news.google.com several months ago. Maybe the way they filter your feed?