FDA Announces Meeting on Human Milk

By Ricardo Carvajal –

FDA announced that its Pediatric Advisory Committee will meet on December 6 to “obtain and discuss information and data that will provide the Agency with a better understanding of current practices, and potential benefits and risks associated with the donation and banking of human milk.”  The Agency is opening a docket – FDA-2010-N-0553 - for the submission of public comments, which are due by January 6, 2011.