New website launched to help parents find baby formula amid nationwide shortage
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new website to help parents find baby formula amid a nationwide shortage. Meanwhile, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to make an announcement on infant formula imports amid the shortage that has sent parents scrambling to keep their babies fed, the federal agency said Friday.
Health alert: FDA warns parents not to make or feed homemade formula to infants
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Food and Drug Administration is warning parents not to make or feed homemade formula to infants. According to the FDA, there have been multiple reports of infants treated for malnutrition at hospitals -- which is what sparked the health alert. But she said she knew better than to make her own infant formula. AdAccording to the FDA, there have been reports of infants being hospitalized for low calcium after being fed homemade formula. “It is impossible for a family of whatever means to recreate the science that has gone into developing infant nutrition and infant formulas,” Goldhagen said.