At work, my boss and I always take time out to have what I call "Home-girl time" where we take a break from dealing with NCAA stuff, coaches, and athletes and check our fav blogs, online news, and review of good shows, food, and fashion we've seen. Today one of our many intriguing, yet scary, and serious stories was about a recall on Similac Baby Formula-powder. The factory is saying the powder has been contaminated with insect parts. My boss has an 8 month-old baby and he drinks the liquid but that's still a scary thought.
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| Not a funny situation, but the picture was hilarious. I couldn't resist |
My issue: what in the heck are they going to do for the babies who have previously or are still currently using the powdered version? Get a special check up from the baby's primary care physician? I know if I were a parent I would be flipping out! I mean this is not only like a slight twist in the formula ingredients, this is INSECT parts... how disgusting (my first reactions)! My second thought was: in order to get insect parts in the powder, does that means there are insects randomly running around the mixing/processing room and and possibly the plant?!? Once I overcame my shock, being hysterical, ranting and raving, and being dramatic (I always freak out when it comes to kid care) I began to be my rational self again. Ok, I know insects can be anywhere but aren't there rules and regulations and special guidelines as far as cleanliness and inspection for insects and other species, especially considering the season (I wonder how that works... I'll have to do research inspection procedures...)... Also since they are creating products for a species that susceptible to almost anything (especially the first couple of days/weeks of birth), wouldn't they be more "on-top" of that kind of contamination? Could this contamination be super harmful to the babies (insects are gross)? And what type of insects parts were they?
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| Poor little innocent being :( |
I just wanted to share this info in case a parent out there haven't had the opportunity to hear the news. I'll keep checking on leads to this story. If you want to read the full story, I posted the link below
*Be Blessed*
YAHOO! Similac Story
PS: I want to be a LDP (Labor, Delivery, Postpartum) Nurse so this was a slightly sensitive subject to me
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