Dangers of Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula.

The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has written to the ICM, among other international organisations representing health professionals, regarding the presence of Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula.

The board of the Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA), which hosts the IBFAN office in Geneva, is concerned about the reports coming in from Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany relating to the contamination of tins of powdered infant formula and is of the opinion that health care professionals should be more completely informed about the risks inherent in the use of these products.

A press release from May 10, 2002, on the IBFAN website (www.ibfan.org/news/press/press10may02.html) carries information about a recent case in Belgium: `How safe are infant formulas? Death of a one-week old formula-fed baby in Belgium'/`Les laits industriels pour nourissons sont-ils des produits fiables? Deces, en Belgique, d'un bebe age de 5 jours, nourri au lait industriel pour nourrissons.

IBFAN-GIFA is compiling information about this situation in order to be able to advise health professionals on appropriate action. Documents already on file include:

* A statement from the US Food and Drug Administration (April...

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