FAO/WHO meeting warns of contamination of powdered infant formula

doi:10.1136/bmj.328.7437.426-d

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Susan Mayor

London

People caring for infants at high risk of infection should be warned that powdered infant formula is not a sterile product, a recent meeting organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization concluded.

The joint FAO/WHO workshop on Enterobacter sakazakii and other micro-organismsin powdered infant formula, which was attended by experts, found that intrinsic contamination of powdered infant formula with E sakazakii and Salmonella had caused cases of infection and illness in infant, including severe …