From a Breitbart report: Sriracha hot sauce and peanut butter are the latest additions on the list of hard-to-find products amid the supply chain crisis in President Biden’s America, joining other items such as baby formula.
The country is still grappling with a baby formula shortage following the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) shutting down the Abbott Nutrition plant in Sturgis, Michigan, in February to investigate a purported bacterial outbreak at the facility.
Huy Fong Foods, which produces the ever-popular sriracha hot sauce, said it is facing an “unprecedented shortage” of chili staples, explaining in a statement that it is “still endeavoring to resolve this issue that has be [sic] caused by several spiraling events, including unexpected crop failure from the spring chili harvest.”
Peanut butter is another kitchen staple that could become scarcer as Americans worry that other basic products may become more difficult to obtain. “Nearly 50 types of creamy, crunchy and natural Jif peanut butter were recalled in late May by J. M. Smucker Co. due to potential Salmonella contamination. Sixteen illnesses across a dozen states have been connected to the recall, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control,” MLive reported.
Although the recall only impacts Jif products, photos on social media show vacant shelves as customers gobble up other brands of peanut butter. “They just presume there’s going to be a shortage when the nature of the demand is not there,” Closs said.
All of this comes as Americans continue to grapple with record-breaking gas prices — $5.00 per gallon nationally as of Friday — and 41-year-high inflation.
Source: Matzav
