You are correct that milk banks belonging to HMBANA -- Human Milk Banking Assn of North America -- are non-profit, and provide their donated human milk for free, charging only for processing and shipping.
However, the collection, processing and selling of human breastmilk *has* entered the for-profit arena. Some mothers do it on their own -- using the Internet to seek and sell milk. There are also for-profit milk banks now (some with not-for-profit foundation "arms" that blur the true profit-based nature of the enterprise).
Here's an article from way back in March 2006, from a Denver Colorado newspaper, about this issue.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060326/NEWS/203260331/1002/businessLiz Brooks, JD, IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA
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