thank you for your comments Magda.  I have often pondered when to
speak up about this in some of the more isolated and bizarre
situations.  I have seen formula in thrift stores, and protested the
sale there.  Usually it's only a few of those pound (500 g) cans, but
on one occasion I ended up at a "flea market" that had a "grocery
store" kinda place.  It was an icky place in a town with low
breastfeeding rates (Longmont, Colorado) and I carried a few of the
cans up to the front to find a manager.  There were a few cases
available for maybe half what they normally sell for (I checked ABM
prices yesterday.)  Turns out they were expired by a couple of months
so I told them they couldn't sell them, and called the FDA just in
case.  But I also got into an argument with the manager about that,
because she felt that the *spirit* of the Code is wrong, and that she
has every intention of violating it, for that reason.  *She* wasn't
directly responsible for the merchandise there as there are individual
"vendors" and they rent out the spaces and hire the staff in common.
I haven't been back to check to see what happened since, but I hope
the FDA has.  They took my comment *very* seriously, btw.

I agree that the donation to the auction clearly viuolates the spirit
of the Code.  I would be appalled if I witnessed that and would
probably prevent it from occurring.  (But then, I also was charged
with trespassing at Wal-Mart for asking them to remove their "Parent's
Choice" ads.  I've tried to tone it down a little and avoid managers
with a Barney Fife complex since then.)

So what was I doing at the icky place, anyway?  It used to be a
reputable "antique mall" but apparently is no longer.



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Kate Hallberg, mom to Ursula (4- soon) and Sage (1.5)
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina  http://nutrition.hhdev.psu.edu/undergrad/courses/nutr251/notes/15/index.htm some corrections needed here.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/8193/



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