美國面臨嬰幼兒奶粉短缺危機

Major US pharmacies have restricted sales of baby formula in response to a worsening shortage of the special milk. The shortages intensified after Abbott - which makes top brand Similac – shut down a key factory and issued a recall in February after finding contamination.

由于嬰幼兒配方奶粉短缺問題愈演愈烈，美國各大藥房已經開始實行限購措施。自從生產配方奶粉大品牌Similac的雅培公司關閉了一家主要工廠并在二月份召回受污染奶粉后，奶粉短缺問題變得更加嚴重。

But the shortage pre-dates those issues and has been building since last year due to supply chain bottlenecks and other factors, according to research firm Datasembly, which tracks 11,000 stores across the US.
但是調研機構Datasembly指出，早在這些事件發(fā)生之前，由于供應鏈和其他因素，自去年以來美國的奶粉短缺問題就已經愈演愈烈。Datasembly追蹤調查了美國各地11000家商店。

The situation deteriorated further last month, as publicity of the problem grew and parents raced to stock up.
隨著媒體報道增多，父母們爭相搶購囤貨，上個月奶粉短缺問題進一步惡化。