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Heathrow forbade a mother with several gallons of frozen milk to take
it onboard or check it in as luggage, forcing her to discard it. See http://
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3555253/Mother-forced-dump-
FOUR-GALLONS-breast-milk-trying-security-Heathrow-airport.html
(accessed 19 September 2016).- This concept has also been referred to as ‘civic fitness’ within the con-
text of ‘commodity activism’. See Samantha King ( 2012 ). - Strict milk banking policies also reduce the amount of milk eligible for
donation, since they require a minimum supply, as well as maximum
age of the donor’s baby, among other constraints. This means parents
who do not meet these requirements have safe milk to share informally,
as Trevor MacDonald discovered.
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