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Amazon sees opening in baby formula industry shake-up
8 days ago | By Politico
Amazon is deploying its lobbying power on America's baby formula crisis, seeing an opportunity to extend its reach into a $2 billion-a-year market.
Between April and June, the company's senior officials and in-house lobbyists held discussions about infant formula with lawmakers on Capitol Hill and officials from the federal government - the first time it's reported doing so, according to i ts most recent federal lobbying report. Amazon lobbyists also discussed online purchasing restrictions for federal nutrition benefits - which are used to buy at least half of the country's formula and...
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