When you first start solids, and up until about 18 months, babies are fairly
accepting of
new foods that you introduce — I call this the «honeymoon stage of feeding» — where they enthusiastically experiment with and taste anything that you
put in front of them.
Scientists poured scorn on the decision, contending it
puts patients at risk and undermines the authority of the Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency (the equivalent of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration) to regulate research and approval of
new drugs based on internationally
accepted safety and efficacy protocols.