DEFECTIVE INFANT FORMULA:

Abstract

Two soy-bared infant formulas (Neo-Mull-Soy and Cho-Free) were recalled in 1979 when it was discovered that they lacked an essential ingredient-chloride. However, thousands of infants nationwide had already used the defective formulas. Many of these infants were found to be in serious states of hypochloremic metabolic alkalosis. No one knows what the effects will be on their long-term growth and development. Two women whose infant sons had used the defective Neo-Mull-Soy discovered that the Federal government had not establishcd quality control procedures or nutrient standards for infant formulas. The two women pressed the Food and Drug Administration and the Congress to ensure the safety and quality of infant formula. Their effow resulted in the enactment of the Infant Formula Act of 1980 which sets nutrient standards for all infant formula and, for the first time, requires routine testing by manufacturers to ensure that each lnfant formula meets these nutrient standards.