Oh those Brits: now breastmilk ice cream
FoodQualityNews reports that the British Food Standards Agency (FSA) is all upset about ice cream made from breast milk. Eeks. It might violate food safety standards! The Baby Gaga breastmilk ice...
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Reading for the long weekend: Jennifer Grayson’s “Unlatched”
Jennifer Grayson. Unlatched: The Evolution of Breastfeeding and the Making of a Controversy. Harper. 2016. I thought this book had plenty to say and said it well (and has a great cover). I did a...
View ArticleBreastfeeding policies are a barrier to trade? The U.S. trade office thinks so
Trade rules are not easy to understand because they are so remote from most people’s lives. But Public Citizen is keeping an eye out on what’s happening in the trade world, and making its meaning...
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The Trump Administration’s support of infant formula v. breastfeeding
By this time, you have no doubt heard about the Trump Administration’s attempts to stop the World Health Organization from promoting breastfeeding. Incredible but true. Here is a brief timeline of how...
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Unethical food marketing ad of the week: infant formula, organic no less
When my partner, Mal Nesheim, showed me this ad in Sunday’s New York Times, I had two immediate questions. Question #1: Who paid for this? The answer: Bobbie’s Infant Formula “inspired by a mom’s...
View ArticleYes, you can make ice cream from infant formula and breast milk
Last week, I posted a list of articles about odd ice cream flavors, mostly Lithuanian. Several readers pointed out that the links all went to the same article (oops, my bad). They particularly wanted...
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Weekend reading: Discouraging breastfeeding: digital strategies
Here’s a recent report from WHO: Scope and impact of digital marketing strategies for promoting breastmilk substitutes The report’s findings: Why should we care? Because it is so easy to discourage...
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Weekend reading: Lancet Commission on Breastfeeding vs the Infant Formula...
The Lancet has just published its commissioned series on breastfeeding, vs the commercial formula industry: three papers, an editorial, and a comment. Breastfeeding has proven health benefits for both...
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The hazards of feeding babies and young children: What to do?
I’ve been collecting items on feeding kids. Here are four. I. FDA Warning Letters: The FDA has sent warning letters to ByHeart, Mead Johnson Nutrition (Reckitt), & Perrigo Wisconsin for violating...
View ArticleHow the food industry exerts influence V: Professional journals (Infant...
Dr Katie Pereira-Kotze, a part time Senior Nutritionist at First Steps Nutrition Trust wrote me to ask if I might comment on the conflicts of interest displayed at a conference sponsored by the British...
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