The Council of Ministers issued a letter on Tuesday to announce their decision of banning the export of breast milk to the U.S. by Ambrosia Labs company run by American people.
According to the letter, despite extreme poverty, the sale of breast milk in Cambodia is always not a good business.
The government's letter is the answer to the Ministry of Health (MH) that had previously asked the government to make a decision regarding the export of breast milk to the U.S. by the company.
Concerning this issue, the UN children's fund has strongly criticized this kind of business. They said that the sale of breast milk to the US could make the babies of poor women become malnourished.
"Breast milk banks should never be operated by exploiting vulnerable and poor women for profit and commercial purposes," said Iman Morooka, representative of the Unicef in Cambodia.
"Breast milk could be considered as human tissue, the same as blood, and as such its commercialisation should be banned. Malnutrition remains a threat to children’s wellbeing in Cambodia, and proper breastfeeding is one of the key factors contributing to a child’s good health and nutrition," added Mrs. Morooka.
She also said that even after six month, breastfeed is a good choice for all women if they want their babies to grow up healthy.
“It is recommended that all efforts are made to appropriately breastfeed children until the age of two years old, at least five times per day.”
The Ambrosia Labs company was founded by two American men, Bronzson Woods and Ryan Newell. In contrast, they think that the business could help Cambodian women to earn money by doing easy job. That was why they were applying to a licence.
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