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Re:Food security and the coming storm by oneoff786 on Monday May 30, 2022 @11:51AM (#31560280)
There is no safe DIY manufacture of baby formula. It’s just not something you should attempt without being an expert. Step one is to become an expert.

The reason to not put out a set of instructions that people cannot follow is because they cannot follow it, and those that attempt to follow it will likely make serious mistakes. It would do more harm than good to put out a government sanctioned recipe, no matter how many warnings.

Re:Food security and the coming storm by SkyPuncher on Monday May 30, 2022 @09:01PM (#31565164)
It's amazing how people people fail to understand that making baby formula is the equivalent to making a drug. Yes, you can make coke, meth, and heroin at home.

However, it's also extremely easy to mess it up and kill yourself.

Re:Food security and the coming storm by ALittleLight on Monday May 30, 2022 @01:14PM (#31561169)
That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.
Re:Food security and the coming storm by oneoff786 on Monday May 30, 2022 @02:43PM (#31562202)
That applies to assertions of fact, not reasoned arguments. There is plenty of evidence that incorrectly produced baby formula is dangerous. There are many studies showing the narrow range of nutrition and form of the baby formula that is safe.
Re:Food security and the coming storm by ALittleLight on Monday May 30, 2022 @05:37PM (#31563889)
Yes, and the claim that there are no safe DIY formula instructions is an assertion of fact. The question of whether incorrectly produced formula could be dangerous was never at issue.
Re:Food security and the coming storm by oneoff786 on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @06:48AM (#31568039)
Well we’ve demonstrated that the requirements are very strict, that manufacture standards are precise and include steps not available to laypeople such as ph testing, and that the outcome of a bad creation is potentially fatal. So it seems reasonable to say it follows that there are no safe DIY formula instructions because DIY implies lack of expertise which is required to understand the points listed above.
Re:Food security and the coming storm by ALittleLight on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:46PM (#31577124)
You haven't demonstrated any of that. You've asserted it, as I mentioned, without evidence.