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- <text id=89TT0744>
- <title>
- Mar. 20, 1989: Business Notes:Products
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Mar. 20, 1989 Solving The Mysteries Of Heredity
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 58
- Business Notes
- PRODUCTS
- What's in A Name?
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- <p> When Carnation started selling its new "hypoallergenic"
- infant formula called Good Start H.A. last November, the Nestle
- subsidiary hailed the product as a "medical breakthrough."
- Because the formula is made from whey, Carnation believed it
- would prove ideal for colicky babies who cannot tolerate
- traditional milk-based solutions. Since then, six cases have
- been reported to the Food and Drug Administration of babies who
- developed allergic reactions to Good Start. One of these infants
- vomited constantly for more than an hour.
- </p>
- <p> The reports prompted an investigation by the FDA. Last week
- Carnation announced that it will no longer include the
- "hypoallergenic" label on its product. Furthermore, it will add
- a warning that milk-allergic babies, who constitute about 2% of
- the infant population, should take the formula only under a
- doctor's supervision.
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- </body></article>
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