Former FDA Commissioner told Fox Business that a child pattern and breast milk must be as robust as medicines.
If Secretary of Health and Human Services Stork Operation Robert F. Kennedy Jr. It will supply, maintaining strict control of all pipes that are feeding children, including the manufacturers of children's patterns and the banks of breast milk.
According to Peter Pitts, the former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner (FDA), who stated that the lack of a child formula in 2022 underlined the need to prefer more personnel and funds to maintain the risks -based management strategy.
Both recipe and breast milk are important, viable options, which means that they should be supported by strong supervision of quality and healthy scientific standards to ensure safety and availability, Pitts said.
“The lack of breast milk pointed out that there is a problem in the supply chain. There is a problem with supervision. There is a marking problem. It was not reviewed in years,” Pitts Fox Business. “We have to make sure that food products such as breast milk and baby food are as robust as drugs.”
Minister of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He announced the speed of stork on Tuesday. (Win McNamee / Getty / Getty)
Infant recipe remembered not complying with FDA regulations
On Tuesday, Kennedy announced that the FDA will perform a number of initiatives aimed at ensuring permanent quality, safety, nutritional adequacy and resistance of the supply of domestic infant formula. Within these FDA events will increase testing for Heavy metals and other harmful chemicals.
The agency will also allow more personal imports of food products and encourage companies to cooperate with the FDA to improve label transparency. The FDA will also maintain regular communication with consumers and participating parties in the field to ensure transparency and provide nutrient, health results and other significant development. It will also cooperate with scientific organizations such as the National Institutes of Health to deal with critical research gaps related to short -term and long -term health results of feeding patterns during childhood and childhood throughout the life.
The Reyes family is waiting for the child's pattern at Walmart Supercenter 8. July 2022 in Houston. (Pictures of Brandon Bell/Getty)
The FDA has good production processes that the child's manufacturers must monitor, Pitts said. However, more frequent and more thorough inspections are necessary to prevent the problems that have occurred when the Michigan race in Michigan was closed in 2022, led to parental fear and reduced faith in the regulatory process, he added.
“It's one thing to have book regulations, is it? It's another thing that prefers them,” he said. “Prioritization does not assume the blame of any kind. It's just a resource assignment. And if you don't recognize that there is a potential problem, you don't add sources to it.”
Pitts also noted that the speed of stork operation on the spot does not interfere with the safety of the average breast milk bank or the child's production.
Former FDA Commissioner told Fox Business that formula and breast milk should be supported by strong supervision of quality and healthy scientific standard to ensure safety and availability. (Jennifer Polixenni goal / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Pitts claimed that the shores of breast milk are “real regulatory gray zone”. He said that the federal authorities are not consistently controlled, but should be.
“If we want to have options, all these options should be safe and effective,” he said.
Abbott said Fox Business that the company was looking forward to working with Kennedy, FDA and scientific and medical communities to continue receiving infant formulas even closer to breast milk.
“Each component in our samples is intentionally selected for the type of child we feed and their unique diet needs, and we are constantly working to bring our patterns closer to breast milk.”
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Similarly, Reckitt, owned by Mead Johnson, and Danone is looking forward to working with Kennedy to continue to provide proven safe, high quality and nutritious products of infant nutrition supported by science to constantly improve the health and well -being of infants and young children.
Kennedy's announcement came one day after the investigation of consumers found that the “arsenic level” and leadership in some samples. However, most of the formulas did not have about the levels of contaminants, the study showed.
Manufacturers of child formulas, including Abbott, also questioned the study methods and claimed that comparing powder infant recipes with drinking water standards was inappropriate because the powder formula is diluted before consumption.
Empty shelves of the Columbus trade in Ohio when parents panic over the deteriorating lack of formula. (Fox Business / Fox News)
Abbott also stressed that heavy metals naturally occur in the environment, including soil, water and air. They are present at a low level in many foods, including a baby formula and breast milk.
Meanwhile, Reckitt said that all Mead Johnson nutritional products are in accordance with the FDA regulations and noted that special formulas test differently from routine due to their unique composition.
Bobbie, another brand that was tested by Consumer Reports, said Fox Business that the company has more than 2,000 quality controls at each dose and veterinarian of each supplier.
“Bobbie never solves the corners of quality and safety,” the company said. “American children deserve the highest quality formula and American parents deserve peace of mind.”
