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Feds probe whether baby formula makers broke the law in bidding for state contracts

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Federal Trade Commission is investigating whether baby formula makers broke the law in bidding for state cont The Federal Trade Commission s last year ormula makers that have regularly bid to supply the product for state-run WIC programs.

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