Tainted Baby Formula Recalled

Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has recalled hundreds of thousands of gallons of baby milk from France, Portugal, Spain and Italy. Traces of the chemical isopropylthioxanthone (ITX) had leached into the product from the packaging ink. As Much as 8 Million Gallons Up to 8 million gallons of contaminated milk were confiscated, and as much as 530 thousand gallons were recalled, in Italy alone. Spokespeople for Nestle claimed the substance posed no health risk, and that the recall was "an extreme precautionary measure to reassure consumers." "Undesirable" European Union food safety experts said the presence of the substance is considered "undesirable" in food by the EU's Food Safety Agency. The Nestle company says that it has changed its production processes since the recall. San Francisco Chronicle November 22, 2005San Francisco Chronicle November 23, 2005 Dr. Mercola's Comment:Here's yet one more reason you should be wary of feeding your baby manufactured, processed formula. Nestle officials actually reported the problem two months ago -- the more recent recalls were only made when consumers and government officials started taking matters into their own hands. With tainted milk reported in Spain, Italy, France and Portugal and the high number of products already recalled, the problem could be much more serious and widespread than officials care to admit. This is just one more powerful reason why you want to avoid using commercial infant formulas. Without question the single best food for a newborn is breast milk. If you're unable to breastfeed your baby -- the safest, healthiest means available to nourish your child and protect your own health -- I urge you to review my series on healthy alternatives to conventional formulas. If you haven't heard by now, pasteurized milk is not good for you or your baby.If this is surprising to you I would encourage you to review my article on the Real Reasons Why Raw Milk is Becoming More Popular. Although raw milk is not commercially available in the United States in any state but California, you can obtain it by purchasing it directly from the farmer who owns the cow. Please avoid the mistakeof switching to a soy-based formula, as they areeven worse, and should be avoided at all costs. It is my strong belief that these dangerous products should be immediatley removed from the market and never be consumed by any child for any reason. Never processed, never pasteurized and never homogenized, raw dairy products are high in antioxidants, vitamins (including B-12), all 22 essential amino acids, natural enzymes, natural probiotics and good fatty acids.