Online purchase of breast milk 75% or bacterial infection

According to US media reports on the 22nd, in order to address the demand for breast milk, some new mothers who are unable to breastfeed their babies are more likely to buy breast milk online. However, a new study found that online sales of breastmilk may have been contaminated with risks.

Research shows that nearly 75% of breastmilk on a website is contaminated with a large number of pathogenic bacteria. Of the 101 breast milk samples collected by Sarah A. Keim, a researcher at National Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, 72 were infected with bacteria and did not comply with the unheated antivirus of the North American Breast Bank Association (HMBANA). The standard. Another part of the sample was stained with human excreted bacteria, most likely because the breast milk retailer did not wash their hands properly.

The site issued a statement over the weekend saying that they were planning to stop the “share breast milk” program and establish a new breast milk bank project to better examine breast milk donors and provide professional breast milk processing procedures. The statement said: "The safe method will be used to conduct a thorough inspection, testing and guidance of the donor. The donor will also get a good reward."

Breast milk on the Internet is usually a few dollars per ounce and is exchanged for free on some breast milk sharing websites. Most users are mothers who cannot feed their children. Breast milk services are also available for breastfeeding services. Customers are usually hospitals and they also charge a fee. The breast milk store will detect the donor’s breast milk and heat-sterilize it. The researchers also found bacteria in 20 unheated samples from the breast milk store, but not as much as the breastmilk content of online shopping.

Kem believes: "There is no channel to confirm whether online shopping's breastmilk is safe and can be used to feed infants." The source of the bacteria that has not been found in the study may come from the donor's skin, the tools used to extract breast milk or be infected when sent by mail. But Kem is opposed to buying breast milk online, which is the same as the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) recommendation, which warned people in 2010 not to use baby milk obtained directly from individuals or the Internet.