What is the FHMBA ?
The “Association des lactariums de France ADLF” is a French association governed by the law of 1901 founded on May 8, 1981. Its goal is to promote breastfeeding, improve the conditions of collection and distribution as well as the quality of human milk in France.
In the FHMBA website we present information that can be useful for donors, breastfeeding mothers and for professionnals working in human milk banks. Some of thse documents are translated in English. On this page there are links towards these documents :
- Donation of maternal milk and MPOX virus – Position of the french human milk bank (FHMBA). October 11, 2024
- Breastfeeding teas and other lactation stimulants, particularly fennel-based teas- Position of the French Human Milk Bank Association (FHMBA) on September 3rd, 2024
- Good Practices Regarding to the Collection, Preparation, Qualification, Treatment, Storage, Distribution, and Delivery of Milk on Medical Prescription by Milk Banks, Mars 2022, Translated in English on October 7d, 2024
- Regulation EU on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application, June 13, 2024
- Covid-19, vaccination and milk donation – Position of the FHMBA – April 12nd, 2021 Vaccination et milk donation
- Coronavirus – Position of FHMBA.December 1st, 2020
- Making Human Milk Matter – The need for regulation in the European Union. EFCNI – Policy recommendations – November 23rd, 2020
- Coronavirus – Position of FHMBA.June 29th, 2020
- REGULATION
- 2022 : French Human milk banks guidelines translated 2022 : Good Practices Regarding to the Collection, Preparation, Qualification, Treatment, Storage, Distribution, and Delivery of Milk on Medical Prescription by Milk Banks 7d october 2024
- 2024 Regulation (EU) on standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application 2024
- INFORMATION
- 2024 : Position of the French Human Milk Bank Association (FHMBA) on breastfeeding teas and other lactation stimulants, particularly fennel-based teas 3rd september 2024
- 2024 : Donation Of Maternal Milk And MPOX Virus: Position of French Human Milk Bank (FHMBA), October 2024”
- 2021 : Covid-19, vaccination and milk donation – Position of the Human milk banks French association (FHMBA) – 12 april 2021
- 2020 : EFCNI – Policy recommendations “Making Human Milk Matter – The need for regulation in the European Union”– 23 november 2020