Behind moves to regulate breastmilk trade lies the threat of a corporate takeover
- Written by Julie P. Smith, Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University

The European Union is preparing to harmonise regulations governing the trade in human milk, which sounds like a good thing. But it won’t be if it sidelines breastfeeding or makes informal human-to-human milk exchanges more difficult.
Women and their families have exchanged human milk informally (including for money)...