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Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 2 Dec 2010 16:34:43 +1100
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And just to remind....the whole issue of US donated banked human milk being
sent to Haiti caused chaos and confusion in the emergency response and
detracted from the relief effort. 
Karleen Gribble
Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: Lactation Information and Discussion
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lara
Sent: Thursday, 2 December 2010 4:11 PM
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Subject: Re: Sustainability answered

A press release dated yesterday suggests it's the same as before: one
quarter of the altruistically donated milk is shipped out for the IBMP;
three quarters is retained by Prolacta, processed, and sold for profit
or used for commercial/IP research within the USA.

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101201006869/en/Prolacta-Bioscie
nce-Announces-Renewed-Agreement-International-Breast

This is buried in fine print at the IBMP site; their front page is
highly suggestive that donated milk is used for infants in Africa,
Haiti, the Philippines, etc.

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