I also do not see the concern here.  Horizen is a very reputable company.  I am an organic nut and my family consumes about 90% organic food.  What organic means to the dairy industry is that the cows are fed organic grains and grasses.  Organic also means free-range where the animals are have plenty of room to move freely about, graze, and do what cows do vs. small pens and little movement.  These cows are also not given antibiotics routinely or growth hormone to increase their milk supply.  The typical, non organic raised cow has a shortened life expectancy because of all the hormones given to improve milk output.  It is believed that the antibiotics given routinely to animal raised for food has contributed to the antibiotic resistance crises we are currently in.  The hormones given to improve milk supply may contribute to breast and other female cancers and precocious puberty (no research that I know of, but an interesting hypothesis).  I am quite jealous that organic formula was not available 5 years ago when I was sometimes supplementing my infant triplets.  Animal and dairy products are the products I insist on being organic.  After studying the routine treatment of animals on standard farms and comparing the treatment of animals on regular farms, I refuse to support inhumane treatment of animals through the purchase of food.  Organic is good for individuals and good for the planet.  I believe in and support breastfeeding with all of my heart and I worked incredibly hard to maintain a full supply for 3 hungry babies.  After a few months, though, I could produce 12 to 13 ounces every few hours and it was not always enough.  Donor milk would have been great, but unaffordable for so many growing babies.  I'm definitely glad organic formula is coming available for those who truly need it.

Feeling very tall atop my soapbox,
Anne Nans, RN, IBCLC
www.breastfeedingservicesofnny.com
Sackets Harbor, NY



****My concern with organic formulas is the history we have had of formula that
have been altered and later - after babies were hospitalized or dying - we
learn they were missing B6 or some other necessary nutrient.  The commercial
formula ALSO have errors, but they ARE monitored closely.

When a mom is just supplementing with an organic formula I would probably be
less concerned - but if she is providing only half or less of her baby's
needs in human milk (hers, milk bank, wet nurse?), then I would be VERY
worried if she chose to use an "organic" formula.



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