SELENIUM LEVELS IN INFANT MILK FORMULA

Twenty-four brands of commercial infant milk formula were collected an d analysed for selenium by inductively coupled plasma spectrometry wit h the hydride t-system after an acid digestion procedure. The mean sel enium concentration was 49.0 +/- 11.55 mu g l(-1), with a range from 2 6-68 mu g l(-1), resulting in an adequate daily selenium intake for in fants aged from zero to six months Consuming 0.751 milk daily as set b g the US National Research Council in 1989.