TThe federal government is launching its first in -depth assessment of nutrients for infants in almost 30 years. Although the relocation can raise questions among families, pediatric experts say that nothing is worried about it: FDA-approved infant formula remains one of the rigorously regulated foods in the country and is completely safe.
Yet the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) say that it is time for a fresh look. On Tuesday, the agencies announced that they had submitted a request for information about nutrients for infant food.
The assessment is part of an initiative launched in March called Operation Stork speedwhich is intended to “guarantee safety, reliability and nutrition for the baby’s formula for American families”, according to HHS. It is not yet clear who will lead the assessment, but the FDA will convene a panel of experts in June that is accessible to the public.
“Operation Stork speed brings radical transparency to ingredients in the baby’s formula and places science for and in the middle,” said HHS secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. In the press release. “Every child has a fundamental right to a healthy start. We give parents the truth and aids to make that happen.”
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Can the babies formula change?
Experts say that every effort to ensure that the baby formula is the best nutrients important, but they warn that this review is not a sign that the baby formula is dangerous, nor do they expect to cause dramatic changes.
According to HHSThe FDA “regularly assesses individual food requirements for baby formula”, but the last time that the agency carried out an in-depth assessment of baby formula in 1998. Dr. Steven Abrams, a professor of pediatrics at the University of Texas at Austin dell Medical School, is doing an extensive analysis is “overtime” because there is a new development “because in June the Abrams Abrams Abrams Abrams was carried out since 1998. experts, including himself, want to ensure that that [the review] Is not motivated by ensuring that the baby’s formula, as it currently exists, is inherently unsafe. That’s not true. “
Dr. Mark Corkins, a pediatric professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, says it is possible that the assessment can lead to recommendations for a little more of some nutrients, such as vitamin D, and a little less of other ingredients, such as iron, but: “I don’t think there are huge, earth -shaking changes that come from this.”
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What should parents know?
Experts reassure families that they should not get confused about the safety of Baby Formula approved by the FDA, a safe alternative to breastfeeding.
Abrams warns families not to make their own formula or use other nutritional insufficient, and possibly dangerous alternatives, such as unpasteurized milk or goat milk.
“I would be devastated if a parent would see this request for information and then felt nervous about a product with the formulas in the baby they use with their baby,” says Bridget Young, university teacher pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. “My plea for parents would be to take a deep breath. They are safe; you don’t have to worry about the safety of our current products.”
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