Guidance note no. 22: information relevant to the development of guidance material for the safe feeding of reconstituted powdered infant formula (revision 2)

摘要

Powdered infant formula (PIF) contaminated with harmful bacteria has been implicated as audsource of illness in infants. In recent years, Cronobacter species1 associated with PIF has emergedudas a cause of disease in infants. In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) issuedudguidelines on the safe preparation, storage and handling of powdered infant formula (WHO,ud2007). These guidelines were informed by two risk assessments on the subject, jointly hostedudby the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the WHO (FAO/udWHO, 2004 and 2006).udThe Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has received requests from the Department ofudHealth, public health nurses, dietitians and parents for guidance on the safe preparation, storageudand handling of PIF. In order to develop this guidance, the FSAI hosted a seminar on Cronobacterudspecies and infant feeding in October 2006, which was attended by participants from the healthudand food safety community, interested academics and the infant formula industry. The FSAIudpresented a consultation document to participants for comment. Over 220 comments wereudreceived from 26 individuals or groups and these comments have formed the basis for thisudGuidance Note No. 22 Information Relevant to the Development of Guidance Material for the SafeudFeeding of Reconstituted Powdered Infant Formula.