Harvest Manitoba says donated baby formula being resold online [Video]

Harvest Manitoba is sounding the alarm over concerns baby formula the non-profit donated to those in need is being resold online.

Over the weekend, staff came across Facebook posts advertising formula up for grabs for $40 – despite the boxes marked with “not for resale – Harvest Manitoba.”

The organization says this type of behaviour could be keeping families from accessing formula they need through its First Steps program.

“We help about 700 infants with the baby formula program. They get two boxes of baby formula. They’ll get some baby food and some baby pouches, some diapers – just to help them make ends meet so they don’t have to purchase the items themselves,” Harvest Manitoba’s director of food and fundraising Colleen McVarish told CTV News Winnipeg in an interview Monday.

To register for the program, people with babies must provide a medical number or the baby’s bracelet from the …