INSC Resources
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INSC Downloads
INSC Informational Flyer
One-page overview of the Infant Nutrition Science Coalition (INSC): mission, focus areas, current initiatives, and how to get involved.
Mind the Gap – Identifying Language Barriers between Translational Science and Regulators
Poster presented at IMGC 2025 Symposium examining how differences in scientific and regulatory language affect the safety evaluation of innovative milk-derived ingredients for infant formula, using recombinant human lactoferrin and bovine osteopontin as case studies.
Featured Resources
The following resources include federal agency initiatives and announcements, major scientific initiatives, authoritative documents and position statements, and select peer-reviewed publications that align with INSC’s mission and research priorities.
Government Initiatives and Announcements
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
- Operation Stork Speed
- Federal Register: Infant Formula Nutrient Requirements; Request for Information Public Comments
- Infant Formula Guidance Documents & Regulatory Information
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Leading Research Initiatives
Key Guidelines & Reports
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
World Health Organization (WHO)
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
- Protein Quality and Growth Monitoring Studies to Satisfy Quality Factor Requirements for Infant Formula
- Challenges in Supply, Market Competition, and Regulation of Infant Formula in the United States
- Feeding Infants and Children from Birth to 24 Months: Summarizing Existing Guidance
- Infant Formula: Evaluating the Safety of New Ingredients
Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA
Featured Publications
- Advances in Nutrition supplement, 2026 – Food and Drug Administration Expert Panel on Infant Formula "Operation Stork Speed"
- Advances in Nutrition supplement, 2025 – Reference Values for Nutrients in Human Milk: Results of the Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) Study
- Callahan et al., 2022 – Assessing the safety of bioactive ingredients in infant formula that affect the immune system: recommendations from an expert panel