You many be wondering what ended up happening with the whole Prolacta meeting. If you recall, I had spoken the Scott Elster, CEO of Prolacta, and Susan Neumann, Prolacta VP of Milk Procurement about improving their transparency so that women have a clear understanding that they are not donating milk to a charitable organization but rather providing, for free, the raw materials a corporation requires to produce its product. Prolacta has struggled with this in the past and continues to struggle with it as I discovered when a PR firm contacted me on their behalf requesting that I blog about them and provide them with free marketing, which I wrote about in my article Prolacta, For-Profit Milk Banks, and Predatory PR Tactics.
When we left off, Susan had said that they were going to discuss the possibility of changes and get back to me.
Well, don’t hold your breath.
I have sent numerous emails to Susan regarding this, and they have all gone down a black hole.
No response, no reply, no nothing.
You know, I actually hoped that something positive was going to come out of meeting with Susan and Scott. I really did.
But their lack of response sends a clear signal that they are simply not interested. They saw a kerfuffle on the internet, did some PR to try to make it go away, and washed their hands of the whole thing. No real concern, no real change.
I’m disappointed, but certainly not surprised. It’s yet another step down the deceptive road they’ve been travelling down where profits rule and misinformation is a way of life.
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