I should say that sometimes women wanting to donate milk will state info like that the milk is dairy free and give other info about the milk (eg how long ago expressed) and occasionally state that they have blood test results or they have been a milk bank donor etc but all of the "highest quality," nebulous marketing is from milk sellers. Not surprisingly the study that looked at bacterial contamination of purchased milk found no correlation between claims made and the bacteria levels in the milk.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
On 25/11/2014, at 9:05 PM, Karleen Gribble wrote:

> Heather it's only the milk selling websites that do this. They are dodgy and I've no concerns with women being warned that milk that is being sold is not trustworthy. Part of the reason why that article makes me so cranky is that they do not distinguish between milk selling and milk donation which are so very different in terms of risk and process. That said, I suspect that the listings are not really any different from the sort of advertisements that were used for wet nurses a hundred years ago....that's another study.
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
> On 25/11/2014, at 8:54 PM, heather wrote:
> 
>>> It's not bad Liz (can't say I'm as enthused as yourself)...but an article just published in AAPNews makes me feel like I should be more grateful- http://aapnews.aappublications.org/content/35/12/18.3.extract?ct=ct
>>> It's so unhelpful to present research like this, very misleading, especially in a forum like that!
>>> Karleen Gribble
>>> Australia
>> 
>> 
>> Agree on both points, Karleen - but actually the content of this piece on milk sharing made me worried. *Why* are the organisers of the networks permitting women to promote their milk in terms of 'best quality'  and 'safest' and 'certified'? This cannot possibly be a good thing. There should be a code of practice about it.
>> 
>> Heather Welford Neil
>> NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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