Hello to all,

wished to share:
We suffered a big scandal in France: salmonella in infant milk (and in
other dairy products); I am wondering if France was not asked for the "milk
bridge" because of that; during that salmonelle crisis, there wasn't really
a production stock-out, but there was definitely a stock-out in the stores,
since several brands of infant milk had been taken off the store shelves;

a posteriori: it never brought women to breastfeeding, relactation, during
this phase and the following weeks, and it did not encourage the "next"
women to breastfeed; on the other hand and perhaps we cannot compare: more
than half of the boxes were missing on the shelves but we have never been
in your situation;
amazingly, it did not brought to breastfeeding, and if there were an issue
of confidence (were all  boxes out of the shelves? and what if with another
brand....) - hon hon no questioning - only: is this box ok...

which brings me to another thought, which we had during the Covid and which
has been picking up again for 3 months: failing to depend on a single
company which lobbies and prevents any potential competition, I am also
thinking of depend (for us France) on as many other countries, for
practically all products, be it entertainment, technology, health, daily
life, food in an indirect way, and even including paracetamol.. I don't
think that the covid crisis makes us produce it in-situ now

in any case, to my knowledge (at my level), no crisis around infant milk
(indirect unavailability) has caused more breastfeeding in quantity or
relactation or consideration of breastfeeding by now or the next baby;of
course it is all biased but at least it can be an instant local picture.

Breast regards,
Françoise Coudray, IBCLC

Le lun. 30 mai 2022 à 20:46, Marsha Walker <[log in to unmask]> a écrit :

> The FDA has issued an enforcement discretion policy regarding help for the
> formula shortage problem. https://www.fda.gov/media/158476/download.
> Formula manufacturing has been concentrated into a few players in the US
> due to a strong infant formula and dairy lobby. Diversifying the
> industry might help avert formula shortages turning into a crisis.
>
> While there seem to be many short-term solutions being offered such as a
> slew of infant formula bills being filed by legislators, I have not seen
> long term suggestions or recommendations for averting this type of problem
> from recurring. Issues like reducing the demand for infant formula by
> addressing the challenges to breastfeeding. We keep telling parents to
> breastfeed and then circumstances make it as hard as possible for them to
> do so. We need a national paid family leave policy. The USDA spends about
> $1 billion on formula every year instead of assuring that every WIC agency
> has paid breastfeeding peer counselors and they have access for referrals
> to IBCLCs when needed. We need more lactation personnel of all kinds
> including more diversity and more personnel of color. The FDA needs to get
> rid of the structure/function claim allowance on formula labels and
> marketing materials to prevent consumer deception. The Federal Trade
> Commision needs to enforce its own laws regarding deceptive and false and
> misleading formula advertising.
>
> Maybe our legislators need to hear from us to help steer their attention
> towards better solutions.
>
> Marsha walker, RN, IBCLC
> Weston, MA
>
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