possible lengthy food, supply shortages coming to the US? Latest: start hiding Sriracha (2 Viewers)

[Pip's Invitation]

Is there some issue with chicken wings?

I took my nephew to a work conference with my family last week. Kid loves chicken wings. Every place I ordered from, including Pizza Hut, the chicken wing prices seems way high.

Have you been hiding under a rock to all of a sudden notice chicken wing prices have gone up? The increase wasn’t gradual, heck some national wing places had ads about selling thighs because of the chicken wing shortage. Did you notice that gas prices seem higher now too?

He expended a LOT of effort trying to figure out how to get the hand cart for his golf clubs into the mud room, so I understand why he wasn't paying attention to wing prices.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

"The tornado that struck North Carolina Wednesday damaged a Pfizer plant that makes almost 30% of sterile injectable medicines sold to U.S. hospitals, just as the shortage of prescription medicines escalates."​

Damages from tornado at Pfizer plant could compound challenges of drug shortages

“It’s hard to know exactly what the impact will be, but this stands to just make things worse,” said Erin Fox, who tracks drug shortages.

www.statnews.com

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Can’t find kosher salt lately

 

[STEADYMOBBIN 22]

Don’t go to the grocery store a lot so maybe my prices are out of wack in my head but $6 for a bag of sugar blew me away.

 

[massraider]

India's rice export ban could send decade-high prices spiking even further

India is the world's leading rice exporter, accounting for more than 40% of the global rice trade.

www.google.com

• India has banned the exports of non-basmati white rice with immediate effect, the latest in the government's effort to rein in high food prices.
• India is the world's leading rice exporter, accounting for more than 40% of the global rice trade.
• Analysts told CNBC this week's ban could send already elevated prices shooting even higher, compounding effects from the country's September ban on shipments of broken rice

 

[fatness]

Egg shortages and high prices are partly due to at least 1 egg company raising profits 718% last quarter while raising production 1%.

The company, which controls about 20% of the US egg market according to Reuters, said its average selling price for a dozen eggs in the quarter ending February 25 was $3.30, more than double the average of $1.61 a year earlier.

I haven't kept up with this topic, but there's an update on this company and their price gouging.
https://www.just-food.com/news/us-e...us53m-in-price-fixing-case/?cf-view&cf-closed

A US jury has ordered egg producers, including industry giant Cal-Maine Foods, to pay $17.7m in damages to a number of food manufacturing companies after being found guilty in a long-running price-gouging lawsuit. Under federal law that amount will be tripled to around $53m.

 

[fatness]

Now we have a major shortage of IV fluids due to hurricane-caused flooding of the North Carolina plant that produces 60% of the nation's IV fluids.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/30/nx-s1-5171249/iv-fluids-shortage-canceled-surgeries?=rss

So hospitals have had to conserve their supplies for the neediest patients. Sometimes, that means telling emergency room patients to drink a Gatorade or Pedialyte instead of getting an IV. But it has also meant canceling some surgeries.

 

[Bossman]

Now we have a major shortage of IV fluids due to hurricane-caused flooding of the North Carolina plant that produces 60% of the nation's IV fluids.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/30/nx-s1-5171249/iv-fluids-shortage-canceled-surgeries?=rss

So hospitals have had to conserve their supplies for the neediest patients. Sometimes, that means telling emergency room patients to drink a Gatorade or Pedialyte instead of getting an IV. But it has also meant canceling some surgeries.

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

 

[Dezbelief]

Now we have a major shortage of IV fluids due to hurricane-caused flooding of the North Carolina plant that produces 60% of the nation's IV fluids.

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/10/30/nx-s1-5171249/iv-fluids-shortage-canceled-surgeries?=rss

So hospitals have had to conserve their supplies for the neediest patients. Sometimes, that means telling emergency room patients to drink a Gatorade or Pedialyte instead of getting an IV. But it has also meant canceling some surgeries.

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

Seems like there was already a shortage of saline solution IVs, I guess this will make it worse.

 

[fatness]

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

Perhaps more than one company was damaged?
This is the one I mentioned (Baxter International): https://businessnc.com/helene-force...n-to-shut-down-raising-concerns-of-shortages/

Flooding from Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to temporarily shut down production of its McDowell County facility where 2,500 workers produce primarily intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The plant, near Marion, is the largest manufacturer of these solutions in the United States, and the largest factory operated by the Deerfield, Illinois-based health products company.

 

[Bossman]

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

Perhaps more than one company was damaged?
This is the one I mentioned (Baxter International): https://businessnc.com/helene-force...n-to-shut-down-raising-concerns-of-shortages/

Flooding from Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to temporarily shut down production of its McDowell County facility where 2,500 workers produce primarily intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The plant, near Marion, is the largest manufacturer of these solutions in the United States, and the largest factory operated by the Deerfield, Illinois-based health products company.

Guess it depends on what news source...
"The western North Carolina plant supplies 60% of the nation's IV bags, according to the American Hospital Association."

Baxter IV Plant

 

[fatness]

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

Perhaps more than one company was damaged?
This is the one I mentioned (Baxter International): https://businessnc.com/helene-force...n-to-shut-down-raising-concerns-of-shortages/

Flooding from Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to temporarily shut down production of its McDowell County facility where 2,500 workers produce primarily intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The plant, near Marion, is the largest manufacturer of these solutions in the United States, and the largest factory operated by the Deerfield, Illinois-based health products company.

Guess it depends on what news source...
"The western North Carolina plant supplies 60% of the nation's IV bags, according to the American Hospital Association."

Baxter IV Plant

Sounds like there's a shortage of both bags and fluid. From your link:

"A new survey from health care provider Premier found that 86% of providers are experiencing IV fluid shortages after Helene."

 

[Alex P Keaton]

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

Perhaps more than one company was damaged?
This is the one I mentioned (Baxter International): https://businessnc.com/helene-force...n-to-shut-down-raising-concerns-of-shortages/

Flooding from Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to temporarily shut down production of its McDowell County facility where 2,500 workers produce primarily intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The plant, near Marion, is the largest manufacturer of these solutions in the United States, and the largest factory operated by the Deerfield, Illinois-based health products company.

Guess it depends on what news source...
"The western North Carolina plant supplies 60% of the nation's IV bags, according to the American Hospital Association."

Baxter IV Plant

This seems like a suboptimal concentration risk

 

[Pip's Invitation]

I heard reports that it was because of the company that produced the IV bags in North Carolina ... not so much the IV fluids.

Perhaps more than one company was damaged?
This is the one I mentioned (Baxter International): https://businessnc.com/helene-force...n-to-shut-down-raising-concerns-of-shortages/

Flooding from Hurricane Helene forced Baxter International to temporarily shut down production of its McDowell County facility where 2,500 workers produce primarily intravenous and peritoneal dialysis solutions. The plant, near Marion, is the largest manufacturer of these solutions in the United States, and the largest factory operated by the Deerfield, Illinois-based health products company.

Guess it depends on what news source...
"The western North Carolina plant supplies 60% of the nation's IV bags, according to the American Hospital Association."

Baxter IV Plant

This seems like a suboptimal concentration risk

It does. But western North Carolina is not where you would normally expect to see devastation from a hurricane. That was extremely unlucky.