WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D-Detroit, reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help prevent future infant formula shortages.

Peters’ bill is in response to the bacterial contaminations at an infant formula manufacturing plant, the deaths of 9 infants, and infant formula recalls that triggered a nationwide shortage in 2022.

Peters’ Protect Infant Formula from Contamination Act — which he introduced with U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-ND) — aims to strengthen the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of infant formula manufacturing to improve the safety of our nation’s infant formula supply and ensure American families have access to safe, affordable formula.