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WHO say 8 weeks minimum, for all the reasons Sam just went through.

http://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/micro/pif_guidelines.pdf

"1.3 Populations at greatest risk of infection

Although E. sakazakii can cause illness in all age groups, infants 
(children <1 year) are at most risk with neonates and infants under two 
months at greatest risk. The groups of infants at greatest risk includes 
in particular pre-term infants, low-birth-weight (<2.5 kg) infants or 
immunocompromised infants. However, infants
who are compromised for any other reason may also be at greater risk of 
E. sakazakii infection. Infants of HIV-positive mothers are also at risk 
because they may be immunocompromised and may specifically require PIF 
(FAO/WHO, 2004). There appear to be two distinct infant risk groups for 
E. sakazakii infection: premature infants who develop bacteraemia after 
one month of age, and term infants who develop meningitis during the 
neonatal period. Therefore, the FAO/WHO expert working group (2006) 
concluded that while infants appear to be the group at particular risk, 
neonates and also those less than two months of age are at greatest risk 
(FAO/WHO, 2006)."

Morgan Gallagher

Germaine Lambergs wrote:
> Hi, one of the pedis asked about a mother telling her that someone said not to 
> use powder formula before 6 months. Is this true? I searched the archives but 
> could not find a specific time frame for starting powder. thank you, Germaine 
>
>              

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