Sweet heist? Nestle says 12 tonnes of KitKat stolenA huge shipment of Nestle's crunchy KitKat chocolate bars was stolen in Europe, the brand said, warning that the heist risked causing short...
28 Mar, 2026, 03.04 PM IST
Infant Botulism Outbreak: Symptoms, triggers and treatment — Here’s what parents should knowThe California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has announced a multistate outbreak of infant botulism connected to ByHeart Whole Nutriti...
09 Nov, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
15 Palestinians die of hunger, malnutrition in Gaza in 24 hoursIsrael controls all aid supplies into the war-ravaged enclave, where most of the population has been displaced multiple times and faces acu...
23 Jul, 2025, 12.04 AM IST
Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza's hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at riskHospitals in Gaza are facing a critical fuel shortage that is endangering the lives of premature babies. The Israeli blockade of Gaza has c...
23 Oct, 2023, 08.33 PM IST
Elon Musk said Davos isn't fun. Well, is it?Last month, Elon Musk, the Tesla and Twitter CEO, said that he had declined an invitation to the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum...
21 Jan, 2023, 11.32 AM IST
Similac-maker Abbott faces U.S. criminal probe over baby formulaAttorneys with the Justice Department's consumer-protection branch are conducting the criminal investigation, the Wall Street Journal repor...
21 Jan, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
What is 'Friendshoring', the buzzword in global supply chains?At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bonnie Glick, then the deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, was st...
19 Nov, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
Production resumes at troubled Abbott baby formula factoryProduction of EleCare, a specialty formula for infants with severe food allergies and digestive problems, was restored at Sturgis following...
10 Jul, 2022, 08.26 AM IST
China has slowed down but the odds are against a US recession in 2022 — sustainability is achievable: Jeffrey A. FrankelThe immediate cause is that one of the leading producers — there are only four major baby formula producers in the US — had to recall their...
17 Jun, 2022, 01.12 AM IST
Abbott apologizes for US baby formula shortageInitially caused by supply chain blockages and a lack of production workers due to the pandemic, the shortage was exacerbated in February w...
25 May, 2022, 11.28 PM IST
Biden invokes Defense Production Act for formula shortageThe Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill orders from those companies before other customers,...
19 May, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
U.S. eyes baby formula imports amid nationwide shortageFDA Commissioner Robert Califf provided no details, but President Joe Biden said last week he was working to allow more formula to come in ...
17 May, 2022, 06.41 AM IST
US should prepare for recession: Goldman Sachs senior chairman Lloyd BlankfeinGoldman's economic team, led by Jan Hatzius, now expects U.S. gross domestic product to expand 2.4% this year, down from 2.6%. It reduced i...
17 May, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
Baby formula shortage in U.S: White House tries to find ways to ease crisisThere has been an acute shortage of infant products’ production and import, since last November. The situation has now worsened yet there’s...
13 May, 2022, 08.33 PM IST
Nationwide shortage of baby formula in U.S has left mothers struggling to provide for their babiesBaby formula once stocked on grocery store shelves across the country is now empty or nearly empty. Many parents in the United States, incl...
09 May, 2022, 08.46 PM IST
China: Locked-down Shanghai residents barter for what money can’t buyAvailability of many goods in Shanghai has been strained by clogged logistics into the city and the lack of couriers to deliver supplies to...
15 Apr, 2022, 12.39 AM IST
John Paul Mitchell Systems joins the fight against Covid-19, distributes 2.5 million essential items to vulnerable familiesThe company is manufacturing 20,000 units of sanitisers.
09 Apr, 2020, 10.08 AM IST