Breast milk bought online during baby formula shortage could harm infant health, pediatric dietitian warns
"With the increased awareness of the formula shortage, we are seeing more requests come in from families who are interested in learning about donor human milk and receiving donor milk," the executive director of the San Jose Mothers' Milk Bank, Jonathan Bautista, told Fox News.
Parents also must provide a doctor’s prescription to obtain milk from the San Jose bank, Bautista said. His bank ships 4,000 to 5,000 ounces of breast milk a day to infants in need.
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