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Baby Formula turning Pink!

fozzie33 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:26:54 -0800

Our baby-forumla turned pink after being left out, what is causing this? Is it bacteria, or just dyes used in the formula? We use target-brand ISOMIL for our Baby's formula. When it was left out at room temperature for a few hours, we noticed it had turned pink. A similar thing had happened when my wife had left out breast milk, but we were told that the pink was from red-dyes that my wife may have consumed in other products. Well, now its the formula. We haven't gotten a straight answer from anyone, and we are just curious as to if it's the soy based formula, is it bacteria, are our bottles contaminated. We clean and steam sterilize our bottles before they are used again. Any help would be great!

We are using Target brand ISOMIL, made by PBM Nutritionals
We are using AVENT bottles and steam cleaner.

What happened to Zero Tolerance?

cjets — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:23:49 -0800

How concerned should I be about the recent revelations about melamine in US infant formula? I came across this NY Times story about melamine in US infant formula. tonight. I read it to my wife.

We've got a five month old. Please tell me why we should NOT be freaked out by this news. Or alternatively, why we should be.

I tend not to be a conspiracy theorist and want to accept the FDA's explanation. But everybody makes mistakes. And I have visions of this story snowballing.

Any recommendations on US infant formula that does not have trace elements of melamine would be greatly appreciated (And yes, we're aware of breast milk).

My apologies to those who find this curreneventsfilter or chatfilter but this is an issue of some urgency in this household.