( Formula milk an important infant milk ...)Formula milk suffering due to commercial interests,Health

Formula milk, an important infant milk substitute, and a highly vulnerable commodity is in danger. Commercial interests rather than health concerns determine what goes into formula milk, warn child health experts in this week's BMJ.//

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, part of both the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and the World Health Organisation, develops standards and guidelines on food to protect consumers' health and to ensure fair trade practices globally. This being a highly sensitive issue as infants are too vulnerable.

Three scientific reviews all agree that the safe level of infant formula protein should be based on a recognized nitrogen conversion factor. While the industry argues that using the lower nitrogen conversion factor would lead to a loss of some €80m (￡55m; $96m) for the dairy industry in Europe alone, this is clearly not the case if the appropriate factor is applied to infant feeding products. Another controversial issue was the approach to setting maximum values for nutrients. But, contrary to this strong scientific advice, some member states requested that the maximum values should be established only for levels of nutrients with documented adverse effects in infants, while in all other cases only interim upper values should be established which would not be binding for manufacturers.

As a conclusion doctors should choose and recommend only those infant formulas with compositions based on current scientific knowledge and on the nutritional requirements of infants.


'"/>




Page: 1
Related medicine news :

1. Ajanta Launches Worlds First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation
2. The Happiness Formula....
3. Indian Government Keen On JE Vaccine Supply And Patenting Of Indian Medicine Formulations
4. UN Formulates Action Plan for Relief to Recovery in Quake-hit Areas of Pakistan
5. Infant’s Formula for good health- Breast-feed, beneficial than formula-fee
6. Efficacy Of Sports-Formulated Jelly Beans In Warding Off Fatigue To Be Studied
7. Winning Formula For Mother and baby - Breast Feeding!
8. Infant Formula With High Iron Content Packs Brain Disorder
9. West African Ministers Formulate Plan To Combat Bird Flu
10. Prebiotics Supplemented Formula Milk Reduces Dermatitis Risk
11. Formula Predicts Osteoporotic Fracture Risk