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US 2014/0271980 A1Published application
Adulteration testing of human milk
AssigneeProlacta Bioscience, Inc.
InventorsScott EAKER, Mark A. Wisniewski
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method for screening human milk for an adulterant, e.g., non-human milk and infant formula, as well as methods of making human milk compositions free of an adulterant, e.g., human milk fortifiers and standardized human milk formulations.
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A method for screening human milk for an adulterant, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining a sample of the human milk;
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- (b) screening the human milk sample for one or more adulterants, wherein a positive result indicates the human milk is adulterated and a negative result indicates the human milk is free of the one or more adulterants.
A method for obtaining a pool of human milk free of an adulterant, the method comprising:
- (a) obtaining human milk from 2 or more individuals;
- (b) mixing the human milk from the two or more individuals, thereby providing a pool of human milk;
- (c) obtaining a sample from the pool of human milk;
- (d) screening the sample for one or more adulterants, wherein a positive result indicates the pool of human milk is adulterated and a negative result indicates the pool of human milk is free of the one or more adulterants;
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- (e) selecting the pool of human milk with the negative result, thereby obtaining a pool of human milk free of an adulterant.
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A method of making a fortified pool of human milk free of an adulterant comprising:
- (a) obtaining human milk from 2 or more individuals;
- (b) mixing the human milk from the two or more individuals, thereby providing a pool of human milk;
- (c) obtaining a sample from the pool of human milk;
- (d) screening the sample for one or more adulterants, wherein a positive result indicates the pool of human milk is adulterated and a negative result indicates the pool of human milk is free of the one or more adulterants;
- (e) selecting the pool of human milk with the negative result, thereby obtaining a pool of human milk free of an adulterant;
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- (f) processing the pool of human milk free of an adulterant to obtain a fortified pool of human milk free of an adulterant, wherein the processing comprises:
- (i) screening the pool of human milk free of an adulterant for the presence of pathogens, drugs and contaminants;
- (ii) conducting a nutritional analysis on the pool of human milk free of an adulterant;
- (iii) conducting a fortification of the pool of human milk free of an adulterant thereby obtaining a fortified pool of human milk free of an adulterant;
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- (iv) pasteurizing the fortified pool of human milk free of an adulterant.
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A method of making a processed human milk composition free of an adulterant comprising:
- (a) obtaining human milk from 2 or more individuals;
- (b) mixing the human milk from the two or more individuals, thereby providing a pool of human milk;
- (c) obtaining a sample from the pool of human milk;
- (d) screening the sample for one or more adulterants, wherein a positive result indicates the pool of human milk is adulterated and a negative result indicates the pool of human milk is free of the one or more adulterants;
- (e) selecting the pool of human milk with the negative result, thereby obtaining a pool of human milk free of an adulterant;
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- (f) further processing the pool of human milk free of an adulterant to obtain a processed human milk composition free of an adulterant, wherein the processing comprises:
- (i) filtering the pool of human milk free of an adulterant through a filter of about 100-400 microns;
- (ii) heat treating the pool of human milk free of an adulterant at about 58-65° C. for about 20-40 minutes;
- (iii) separating the pool of human milk free of an adulterant into a skim portion and a fat portion;
- (iv) filtering the skim portion through one or more skim filters to obtain a permeate portion and a protein rich skim portion;
- (v) heating the fat portion to a temperature of about 90-120° C. for about one hour sufficient to reduce the bioburden of the fat portion;
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- (vi) mixing a fraction of the processed fat portion with the protein rich skim portion to obtain a processed human milk composition free of an adulterant.
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