Key US baby formula plant closes again as ‘torrential storms’ cause flooding

Production halt at Abbott Laboratories in Michigan will probably extend shortages for a few weeks'

Severe weather sweeping through the US midwest has forced the plant that produces much of America's baby formula to shut down again, once again putting a chokehold on the country's struggling baby formula supply chain.

Abbott Laboratories, the US's largest baby formula manufacturer, closed down production in its main plant in Sturgis, Michigan, on Thursday, because of flooding caused by torrential storms".