U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services appears in Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants as part of the policy and regulatory context around Infant Formula. Laura Modi says moving to Washington, D.C. made sense because Bobbie needed to be closer to the FDA and HHS.

The episode also says Modi was invited in 2025 to meet with HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. alongside larger formula-company leaders. The source-scoped lesson is that a regulated baby-food company cannot treat policy engagement as optional or partisan if the product depends on federal agencies, public-health rules, and government-program access.

Connections

• Food and Drug Administration, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and WIC - agency, secretary named in the source, and public-benefits program.
• Bobbie, Laura Modi, Infant Formula Regulatory Moat, and WIC Formula Contracting - regulated startup context.