Formula for Disaster
Baby formula is the fourth most popular item to shoplift.. Do the proceeds support "terrorism"? April 13, 2006

http://fairfieldweekly.com/gbase/News/content?oid=oid:151618

Talk to just about any supermarket manager or security guard and they'll tell you that baby formula is one of the most popular items shoplifted from store shelves.
In fact, the Washington, D.C.-based Food Marketing Institute told newspapers that baby formula was the fourth most common item stolen from grocery stores they surveyed in 2004. Of the 10 most shoplifted items, ranked by FMI on its website, two are baby formula products.

But it isn't desperate mothers stealing the formula for their babies' nourishment. Sometimes it's drug addicts. And more often, it's organized crime rings--many of which funnel their profits to the Middle East, according to authorities.

(see link for full article)

Janice Reynolds



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