MILK POWDER (INFANT FORMULA)

HISTORY:

The technology that currently produces the highly regulated infant formula that millions of infants are fed today was not always available. From human existence, not all mothers of infants were able to breastfeed, and had to have a Wet-Nurse feed the baby.

At the time of the first pediatric hospital in paris in 1802, Nonbreast-Fed infants were fed directly from the udder of cows, goats, or donkeys. It was found that infants were fed the donkey milk fared better than those fed cows or goats because of the milk protein content that was similar to breast milk.

In 1907, president Roosevelt directed the surgeon general of the public health and marine hospital service to investigate the milk supply in the district of Columbia areas. This was a result of the alarming increase of infant mortality due to the decline in breast feeding and the unsafe use of cow milk as a substitute.

Finally, the currently strict regulations of infant formula are the result of infant formula act of 1980. The infant formula act was developed to regulate the formula at high standards.