Did they make people shit their pants to create a fake formula shortage?

I don't remember the exact timeline of these two events, but I'm going to take a guess that they happened at the same time. Back in 2022 people were shit posting all over social media about how their kids were getting diarrhea from eating this food or that food. I remember seeing posts about kids getting sick from eating gold fish crackers, formula etc. Now I'm wondering if that was to create a fake shortage of baby formula. It seems like that was a real thing, but I'm wondering if this was the cause of it.