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Re-Stating the obvious:
"The government has the duty to make sure Hong Kong babies get enough breast milk and
there should be long-term government policies to that end."
Phyllis
---- Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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From: Karleen Gribble [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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To: 'Lactation Information and Discussion'
Subject: Formula feeding = food insecurity
http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0
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Earthquake shakes up baby formula delivery chain
Enoch Yiu
Mar 15 2011
For many Hong Kong mothers, a particular worry is the supply of baby
formula.
The author of this column has no children but many of her friends have
babies. Since the melamine-tainted milk powder scandal in China, mainlanders
have flocked to the city in search of baby formula made in the US and from
Japan.
Local mothers have long complained that baby formula is sold from local
supermarkets before they get a chance to buy it. Now it seems it is likely
that the supply of Japanese-made baby formula may be interrupted.
A newborn baby needs to be fed eight times a day and can work its way
through a regular 900-gram tin of baby formula pretty quickly. A friend of
White Collar, who is a senior banker, has found it harder to buy baby
formula than to sell a mortgage loan.
"The government needs to have a long-term policy on baby formula,'' she
said. "That is important for the health of our next generation.''
Formula is particularly important to the many working mothers in the city
who have to go back to work and find it almost impossible to breast feed
their babies.
The desire of mainland parents to shop for formula in Hong Kong is
understandable. Several surveys in recent months have shown that 70 per cent
of mainland citizens will not buy mainland-made milk powder and about the
same percentage said they had serious doubts about food safety across the
border. The melamine scandal in 2008 cost the lives of six children and made
300,000 ill. The mainland has indicated it will step up efforts to maintain
food safety but we still hear news from time to time about seizures of fake
baby formula.
The Japan earthquake is another warning about maintaining a reliable supply
of good-quality baby formula and how easily that can be disrupted. The
government has the duty to make sure Hong Kong babies get enough formula and
there should be long-term government policies to that end.
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Phyllis Adamson, BA, IBCLC
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