Dear Lactfolks,

You may find the following interesting.  Too bad the formula company is not
named.

Lisa Mo
LLLL, Bowling Green, KY

New York Times, June 29, 1999
"Among U.S. Donations, Tons of Worthless Drugs" by Reed Abelson

(Towards the end of the article is the following:)

"No one seriously expects governments in every case to speak up against the
practice, either. Many rubber-stamp the shipments lest they set off
diplomatic waves and offend donors at a time when they may be desperate
for foreign aid. And some companies turn the pressure up by insisting that
charities take unwanted donations as a condition for getting the things
they really need. A relief worker in Macedonia for CARE said his group was
offered what seemed like a package deal: baby food, which was welcome, and
infant formula, which was not.

Most relief organizations see formula as undermining breast-feeding and
rightly worry about whether refugee camps or poor regions have the proper
sanitation to make sure bottles and other supplies are sterile. The deal
was refused."

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