Powdered infant formula-How safe is it ?

Home preparation of powdered infant formula: is it safe?

Breastfeeding is the natural way of feeding infants and young children. WHO recommends, as a public health measure, exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and continued breastfeeding up to 2 years and beyond (1). Yet a large proportion of infants worldwide is formula fed (2,3). Of these, the largest majority is fed with powdered infant formula (PIF). In Italy in 1998, an estimated 15% of newborns...

Powdered infant formula and fatal infection with Enterobacter sakazakii.

Transesophageal echocardiography: how safe is it?

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Bottled water: how safe is it?

Sales of bottled water have increased dramatically in recent years, with worldwide sales of more than dollars 35 billion, largely because of the public perception of purity and safety and public concern about the quality of tap water. Presently, there are no Food and Drug Administration (Washington, D.C.) recommendations regarding temperature and duration of storage for bottled water once it is...

Enterobacter sakazakii: an emerging pathogen in powdered infant formula.

Enterobacter sakazakii represents a significant risk to the health of neonates. This bacterium is an emerging opportunistic pathogen that is associated with rare but life-threatening cases of meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and sepsis in premature and full-term infants. Infants aged <28 days are considered to be most at risk. Feeding with powdered infant formula (PIF) has been epidemiolo...