The Chinese government is attempting to solve the baby formula problem at home by strengthening its food monitoring system.
Barbara Ryan, the pharmaceuticals analyst at Deutsche Bank, wrote in a note to investors that she expects Pfizer to at least spin off the baby formula and o-t-c units.
Abbott Laboratories (ABT) unveiled an earnings report buoyed by nutritional sales like the flagship baby formula Similac in the emerging markets of China and India.
Yikes (the talking baby formula in general needs to be retired, and quickly).
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Meiji, which holds a 40% share in the baby-formula market, said the affected products were manufactured between March 14 and March 20, the period when the highest concentration of radiation was released in the air.
"It's about not having stocks of formula in the nurseries so parents can come by and say, 'I want some formula for the baby, ' and the staff will just hand them bottles of formula, " she said.
Women who return to work can continue to breastfeed at night and in the morning while giving their baby formula milk during the day.
Hong Kong, Australia and the UK have set limits on the sale of baby formula.
BBC: Dutch government to probe export of milk formula to China
The Manning brothers helped load some of the pallets of baby formula and water.
For some infants, a milk allergy can't be missed - as soon as the baby has infant formula he develops hives and swelling, but for others the reaction is delayed and causes chronic symptoms.
The first two recalled baby formula containing high amounts of aflatoxin, a fungal carcinogen probably introduced via the feed for cows.
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Observers say a 2008 scandal where the industrial chemical melamine was found in baby formula is driving the demand for foreign brands.
BBC: Dutch government to probe export of milk formula to China
Pfizer will explore the spinout or sale of its animal health and baby formula businesses, the drug giant says.
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In Kelly's case, once the baby was admitted to the hospital, she began to use formula, fed through a syringe -- she was told to avoid bottles because the baby would reject the breast.
"There was no baby formula on the shelves, " said one woman.
To counter this, other countries including Hong Kong and the UK have taken steps to limit the number of cans of baby formula customers can buy in a given day.
BBC: Dutch government to probe export of milk formula to China
The Dutch government is investigating a shortage of certain brands of baby formula, as well as potentially illegal exports of the products to China.
BBC: Dutch government to probe export of milk formula to China
Public concerns also remains over milk products, after a high-profile scandal involving the use of melamine in baby milk formula.
They often, for example, experience difficulty weaning babies onto formula milk once the baby is used to breast milk and they have to go back to work.
The exceptions were breast milk, baby formula, and prescription medicine.
There are four possible divisions that Pfizer could spin off: baby formula, over-the-counter products, veterinary medicine, and established products, which includes generic drugs.
Israel's blockade of Gaza is denying people there access to everyday supplies like baby formula, while as The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof has shown, the elite can still get weapons and luxuries through giant tunnels burrowed in from next door.
The limit for milk, baby food and infant formula is 50 becquerels per kilogram.
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"Residents are appealing for intervention to break the siege of the disaster-stricken city, which has no access to any of life's essentials including bread, water, baby formula or electricity, " the LCC said.
Democratic accountability via free elections is the only lasting antidote for cadmium rice, melamine baby formula and other horrors.
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Foreign-made baby formula is popular in China, especially since a locally-manufactured formula laced with the industrial chemical melamine killed six infants in 2008 and caused another 300, 000 to fall ill.
China dairy producers ran into trouble in 2008 when baby formula tainted with industrial chemicals led to the death of a half dozen babies and the hospitalization of over 300, 000 infants with kidney ailments that year.
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More sleep: Formula milk is more difficult to digest for the baby so they tend to sleep longer.
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