Abbott's Commitment to Child Nutrition
Commitment to
Quality
- As a diverse health care company, Abbott has stringent quality and
regulatory requirements for its nutritional products that go above and beyond
standard food regulations.
- Abbott’s comprehensive quality systems ensure that food ingredients meet
highly-specified requirements. We continuously assess our products to guarantee
each ingredient is of the highest quality, including thorough verification of
its purity and identity.
- In addition, Abbott Nutrition manufacturing plants perform chemical and
microbiological testing on every lot of milk received and used in our products.
Testing continues throughout the manufacturing process and finished products
are tested to assure that the ingredients used – and the products manufactured
– are safe and effective for our customers.
- Abbott infant formulas are made in the United States, Canada, Europe and
New Zealand. We strictly follow Good Manufacturing Practices and Hazard
Analysis Critical Control Point protocols, and our products meet or exceed
guidelines established by the US Food & Drug Administration, US Department
of Agriculture and Codex Alimentarius, the United Nations/World Health
Organization international food standards agency.
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Optimal Nutrition
- Abbott is a leader in optimal infant nutrition education and advocacy, and
is committed to supporting the well-informed decisions parents make in terms of
how to feed their babies.
- Mothers overwhelmingly know that breastfeeding is best for babies – 9 out
of 10 women (85 percent) say breastfeeding is healthier for the child.*
- And while breastfeeding rates today are the highest ever recorded, there is
still a strong need for more support to ensure babies receive the optimal form
of nutrition – whether through exclusive or partial breastfeeding, or
breast-milk substitutes.
- Learn more from the following resources:
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Malnutrition
- Malnutrition remains the world’s most serious health problem and the single
biggest contributor to child mortality.
- Nearly one-third of children in the developing world are either underweight
or stunted.
- More than 30 percent of the developing world’s population suffers from
micronutrient deficiencies.
- Malnutrition often takes place in the womb and during the first two years
of life – a stage of life when this damage is irreversible.
- Learn more from the following resources:
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U.S. Resources
- Abbott has been a leader in breastfeeding education for decades.
- With breastfeeding rates in the U.S. at one of the highest levels in recent
history – in-hospital breastfeeding rates in the U.S. have increased from 25
percent in 1971 to 65 percent today – proper education is still important.
- In the U.S., we provide materials that help educate health care
professionals on the latest breastfeeding information and advice, as well as
materials that health care professionals can use with new mothers.
- Learn more from the following resources:
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Our History
Industry Commitment
Infant Formula Q & A
Parent Feeding Guides
- Experts agree that breastfeeding is best for babies. Abbott supports
breastfeeding and promotes breast milk as the optimal form of infant
nutrition.
- If breastfeeding is not an option, iron-fortified infant formula remains
the only safe, nutritious, and recommended alternative to breast milk that is
proven to help infants grow and develop into healthy children.
- The following guides provide advice for feeding newborns, preemies and
toddlers:
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