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After hours of research, I can't find a single reference that says selling breast milk is illegal, not even on the FDA website. I found several women advertising on bulletin boards, and a news story that was referenced in another thread here.
This woman has plans to make some money in a unique way.
But it looks like the best choice, both for the giver and recipient, is to donate, since the milk is pasteurized prior to dissemination. This would protect the giver from liability issues, in my opinion.
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Boon, pasteurizing breast milk destroys most (if not all) of the wonderful antibodies, as well as much of the vitamin content.
Now, when the milk is coming from a stranger, it's obviously a necessary precaution. But I always preferred to go through a local community group, or give it directly to people I know who needed it.
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There is no chance it's illegal to buy or sell it in the states. Go forth and milk this opportunity for all it's work.
(although selling your blood would net you a lot more. Here in TO you can sell 21 vials over 24 hours for $800)
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"I'm sorry, Connie... I have no idea what happened to the seventy bottles of frozen breast milk we had in the freezer. Oh, and check out the new stereo system I just picked up for, um... three dollars. Yeah -- three dollars, that's it."
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Shan, maybe that's a state thing -- or your lactation consultant was wrong. My mom donated breast milk, and my youngest sib is 18.
And considering that some women have managed to lactate without ever having been pregnant, you might be able to if you really tried, Shan. Posts: 32919 | Registered: Mar 2003
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Bob: I do recall joking with other lactating women about creating "pure cream" for those of us with rotund babies and "skim milk" when the baby was small and thin.
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I do recall joking with other lactating women about creating "pure cream" for those of us with rotund babies and "skim milk" when the baby was small and thin.
