Perrigo will lay off 161 employees from its infant formula production facility in Georgia, the company said Tuesday — roughly 40% of the site’s workforce.

The announcement comes as the company prepares to [close down the facility entirely](https://vtdigger.org/2025/03/06/perrigo-to-shut-down-vermont-facility-affecting-more-than-400-employees/). A Perrigo spokesperson said in an email Tuesday that the company intends to end production at the Georgia site by June 30, 2026. Some packaging and other activities will continue for now, the spokesperson said, but previous company comments projected a complete shutdown of the facility by next year.

This round of layoffs is “phase one” of the closure process, the spokesperson said, which will ultimately affect roughly 420 staff in total.

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Perrigo has operated the site since 2010, but told VTDigger last year that the current situation there was “not cost-effective.” The company cited aging infrastructure and “evolving regulatory requirements” in its statement last year, and did not provide additional details Tuesday. Perrigo also [purchased a large baby formula production facility](https://investor.perrigo.com/2022-11-01-Perrigo-Announces-Strategic-Investment-to-Expand-and-Strengthen-U-S-Manufacturing-of-Infant-Formula) in Wisconsin in 2022.

Rep. Carolyn Branagan, R-Georgia, expressed deep disappointment in an interview Tuesday, and said that the closure represented a “failure” on the part of state regulators. Land use policies had made it difficult for Perrigo to expand in the past, she said, which may have been a factor in the company’s exit.

“We’re losing an excellent company (that) employs 400 people in my hometown,” she said.

Perrigo to lay off 161 in Georgia as company heads toward Vermont site closure