News that human breast milk for sale online for babies can contain dangerous bacteria should not come as a surprise, says Sarah Jane Hughes, a legal expert and member of the Faculty in the University Maurer School of law in Bloomington Indiana.
"Breast milk should be from sources known, or acquired through sources known as hospitals, to reduce the risk of contamination," said Hughes, the University and Fellow Student in commercial law at the school of Maurer.
"Breast milk for donation often is frozen quickly after an expression to be preserved," added Hughes. "If they are not managed correctly, it can deteriorate quickly. Donor breast milk to hospitals should be pre-selected for diseases, such as AIDS or hepatitis".
In a study published online in the journal Pediatrics, the researchers bought and analyzed 101 samples of breast milk sold by women on a popular website, which did not identify. Three-fourths of the samples contained bacteria at levels high enough as to sick babies, the researchers found.
A member of the faculty since long ago at Maurer school, Hughes also has experience as a breast milk donor in the metropolitan area of Washington, D.C.. You can contact her at 812-855-6318 or sjhughes@indiana.edu.
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