Abbot Nutrition says baby formula production has resumed at the Michigan plant whose February shutdown over contamination contributed to a national shortage.

The local departments of health around Northeast Florida sent notices Friday saying they are monitoring the infant formula shortage, which they called a “life-threatening issue.”

The Food and Drug Administration's commissioner says a shuttered baby formula factory could be up and running by next week.

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The Georgia attorney general issued a warning Monday afternoon, urging consumers to beware of price gouging and other scams in response to the nationwide baby formula shortage.

The out-of-stock rate, compared to what’s typically available, was 43% for the week ending May 8.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new website to help parents find baby formula amid a nationwide shortage. Meanwhile, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make an announcement on infant formula imports amid the shortage that has sent parents scrambling to keep their babies fed, the federal agency said Friday.