Hi all
I have learned that one should read to the end before one posts.  Apologies.
Nina

 
Conclusions
Modifying animal milk for feeding infants below the age of six months raises
difficult
technical challenges. First, the currently-recommended recipe would need to
have an
increased essential fatty acid content. This involves adding daily small
amounts of vegetable oil in quantities that would need to be adjusted to
their essential fatty acid
composition and to the weight of the child. The feasibility of this approach
has never
been tested in the field. Second, the present recommendation of adding a
mineral and
vitamin mix to the recipe has not proved feasible to implement in practice,
even on a pilot
scale. Giving a mineral and vitamin supplement once a day to the child as a
drug or
mixed with a feed might be possible, although the safety of this approach
would be a
concern if this supplement contains iron.
In view of the technical difficulties of formulating and preparing a
nutritionally adequate
recipe for home-modified animal milk, and in view of the lack of data
regarding the
safety of this milk for replacement feeding of infants below the age of six
months, homemodified
animal milk should not be recommended as a feasible and safe long-term
replacement feeding option. Only in situations where access to commercial
infant
formula has been temporarily interrupted should home-modified animal milk be
considered for short-term feeding of non-breastfed infants below the age of
six months.


-----Original Message-----
From: Nina Berry [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 1:47 PM
To: 'Lactation Information and Discussion'
Subject: WHO on Home-prepared BMS

In light of recent discussion, I thought you might find this interesting.
This is the WHO's evidence-based position on the use of home-modified animal
milks for infant feeding. The WHO doesn't seem to agree with many of our
learned colleagues that using something other than an expensive commercial
product is reason for a referral to child protection.

http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/publications/NUTRITION/Animal_Mil
k.htm

Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil)
Breastfeeding Counsellor
PhD Candidate - "Ethical Issues in the marketing of 'Toddler Milks'"

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