UK’s FSA Investigates Safety of Ice Cream Made with Breast Milk

The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reportedly launched
an investigation to determine if a brand of ice cream made with donated
breast milk has violated food safety regulations. Launched recently by a
London-area restaurant, Baby Gaga ice cream was evidently pulled by the
Westminster City Council after several complaints were lodged about whether
the product was safe for human consumption.

According to a news source, FSA joined with the council to decide if the ice cream breaches regulations mandating that “food shall not be placed on the market if it is unsafe” and that “food shall be deemed to be unsafe it if it is considered to be (i) injurious to health, and (ii) unfit for human consumption.” An industry source was quoted as saying that human breast milk donated to breast milk banks is required to pass rigorous screening to comply with guidelines established by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.

Noting that his restaurant, The Icecreamists, complied with all relevant health
and safety regulations, owner Matt O’Conner was quoted as saying that the
ice cream used milk from 15 mothers and was screened by a private clinic to
meet hospital standards. “If we’re going to live in a society that’s absurd and
insane enough to think it’s perfectly acceptable to drink alcohol that can kill
you, or smoke yourself to death or take other drugs like amyl nitrate, which
is perfectly legal to buy in Westminster, yet breast milk is seen as a danger to
children, I say empty your babies’ bottles, fill them with Jack Daniels and give
them to your kids,” he said. See FoodManufacture.co.uk.com, March 1, 2011.