The same recipe for disaster that led to millions of parents across the country struggling to find a sufficient supply of infant formula could play out in another critical sector of the economy: laptops.
Earlier this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shut down a contaminated factory run by Abbott Labs. While Abbott provides over 40% of baby formula in the United States, this single factory manufactured about 25% of the baby formula supplying the U.S. market. Although guided by good intentions, the FDA did not consider the consequences of taking a single factory off-line and did not fully appreciate the impact on American consumers. The agency tasked with keeping products safe also needs to keep products available.
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