TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 13, 2022

East Tennessee Congressman Tim Burchett has asked Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III and U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland to monitor retail prices of powdered baby formula and investigate reports of profiteers stockpiling formula to gouge prices. Burchett said yesterday that the state has been hit “the hardest” by the shortages and that "leaders need to make sure anyone who takes advantage of this crisis for profit is held accountable,” WBIR reports. The nationwide formula shortage has led other states to respond. On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a public consumer alert warning people about price gouging, saying her office was aware of reports that baby formula was being sold online for prices "far exceeding its retail value."