PAPPAS INTRODUCES 'BABY BRENT'S BILL,' LEGISLATION TO LEGISLATION TO PROTECT NEWBORNS AND HOLD FORMULA MANUFACTURERS ACCOUNTABLE

Washington, July 31 -- Congressman Chris Pappas issued the following press release:

This week Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) announced the introduction of Baby Brent's Bill, legislation that would require the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate, report on, issue regulations, and enforce penalties including fines for unfair or deceptive advertising or marketing of preterm infant formula. Inspiration for the legislation came from the Weymouth family of New Hampshire's First District. Their son, Brent, was born preterm and contracted necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) after being given cow's milk-based fortifier while in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). NEC is the most common emergency ...