The US Food and Drug Administration just hit Nestle with a warning letter regarding nutrient deficiencies in its Good Start infant formula with iron. The FDA tested the US formula in May 2006 and just issued the letter on November 27. It was just posted on the FDA website. The deficiencies were lower calcium and phosphorus than called for in the infant formula act as well as lower amounts of these nutrients than what was claimed on the label. One has to wonder why it took so long for the warning letter to go out. How many babies were fed this deficient formula? Is any agency going to track what happened to the babies who consumed this deficient and misbranded formula? Of course not. Once more little babies pay the price of slack oversight. It would be interesting to test all of the babies who received formula from the deficient batch to see what health outcomes they will suffer. Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC Weston, MA *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET email list is powered by LISTSERV (R). There is only one LISTSERV. To learn more, visit: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html