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Arly Helm <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:07:30 -0800
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This is not new; it is from last year, but I just found it and didn't see it
on a search through Lactnet archives.  I hadn't realized the Chinese formula
was for sale in the US:

FDA Alerts Consumers Not to Feed Infants Chinese Infant Formula

The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to feed their
infants infant formula from China because the safety and nutritional
adequacy of infant formula from China is unknown. 

Recently, infant formula from China by the name of Guan Wei Yuan was found
for sale in an Asian retail market in New York.

To date, FDA is not aware of any illnesses or injuries associated with
Chinese infant formula, Guan Wei Yuan. However, the analysis of certain Guan
Wei Yuan powdered formulas by the New York State Department of Agriculture
and Markets food laboratory found the formula to contain less than 1/7 of
the federally required minimal amount of protein per serving, approximately
1/4 the required amount of fat and only minute amounts of declared calcium
and magnesium. There is no guarantee that this product, as a potential sole
source of nutrition, would provide adequate nutrients for an infant.
Consumption by infants, under conditions of use described on the label and
labeling, could result in outcomes including severe illness or death.

Arly Helm, MS, IBCLC

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