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Store brand formula maker sees shortages through year’s end

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Perrigo Company, which makes store brand formula for retailers including Amazon.com and Walmart, said that it will not be able to catch up with increased demand this year that has arisen due to an infant formula shortage caused by a recall of formulas manufactured by Abbot Laboratories.

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