Infant health suffered during baby formula shortage
The nationwide baby formula shortage two years ago forced many parents to involuntarily switch brands or types. A recent survey from researchers at the University of California, Davis, highlights how these substitutions led to undesirable effects for babies, including vomiting. The study was published in the journal Nutrients. In an online survey of 178 parents […]
Infant formula safety checks can be improved with stratified sampling
Producers of infant formula employ comprehensive food safety systems, including product testing to ensure those systems are working. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign finds that some testing methods are more powerful at catching contaminants than others. Spacing out samples over time in a stratified sampling pattern is better at catching risky […]
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Unsafe feeding methods spiked during infant formula shortage: Alarming rate of unsafe practices points to need for systemic change in the US
Nearly half of parents who relied on formula to feed their babies during the infant formula shortage last year resorted to potentially harmful feeding methods, according to a survey from researchers at the University of California, Davis. The study was published in the journal BMC Pediatrics. In an online anonymous survey of U.S. parents, the […]
Amid Shortage, More Infant Formula to Arrive in US Next Week
Latest Healthy Kids News THURSDAY, June 2, 2022 (HealthDay News) Shipments of infant formula from Australia and the U.K. are expected to arrive in the United States next week as part of the Biden administration’s ongoing effort to ease a nationwide shortage of formula. Under the Operation Fly Formula program, 2 million cans of Kendamil […]
Formula Shortage: What Providers Are Telling Worried Parents
After a bacterial contamination at a Michigan plant that produces formula for Abbott Nutrition, the leading formula manufacturer in the U.S., killed two infants and sickened two more, nationwide voluntary recalls have left shelves empty and parents at a loss. “I had a mother that was so desperate that … she was going to get […]
FDA Warns of Infant Formula Powders Tied to Infections
Title: FDA Warns of Infant Formula Powders Tied to InfectionsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 2/18/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
No Long-Term Cognitive Benefit in Fortified Baby Formulas
Infants raised on fortified formula milk showed no advantage in academic performance later on as adolescents, researchers found using data from England. No significant differences in U.K. math exam scores were found in students at age 16 who, as infants, had participated in clinical trials comparing formulas enriched with long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFAs), […]