The product was not part of a February recall. The company also said it received permission from regulators to release 300,000 cans of its EleCare specialty formula for babies with allergic and digestive disorders. and has been closed since February, hobbling supplies of popular formulas and specialty formulas for children with rare medical conditions. The factory is the largest of its kind in the U.S. “We’ve created this problem by not setting up an infrastructure for imports.”Ībbott Nutrition said Tuesday it expects to restart its shuttered Michigan plant June 4 and begin shipping new formula to stores about three weeks later. We just don’t have access to it,” said Bindiya Vakil, CEO of Resilinc, a supply chain analytics firm. “There’s perfectly good and safe baby formula available around the world.