Olivia Henry ended her post (on glowing reports of export opportunities for 
S-W United States of infant-feeding products to China) with the following 
comment:

> It was making it sound like 'what a great thing to be happening' instead 
> of
> how I was reading it.  Very sad that after that formula scandal there was 
> no
> big push to help more mother's breastfeed, just a bigger distrust of their
> local food.  I have read other newspaper articles of other issues with 
> their
> food supply with contamination & adulteration.  So they don't try to make
> their food supply safer or encourage breastfeeding, they just import.

You are so right, Olivia.  This is what happens time after time, in many 
settings, when there's a scare about contamination of an artificial infant 
feeding product. The focus is: get a clean supply, never mind about even 
suggesting that breastfeeding be protected, promoted and supported. Trade, 
trade, trade, and forget about the whole picture.

Virginia
in Brisbane, QLD, Australia 

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