Is donated blood marked as to age? How would the company touting the pricey transfusions even know? And what guarantee would they have that the stated age of the donor is correct?
Remember the Clinton tainted blood scandal.
Not all teens are healthy, especially in today’s urban areas.
Would be ironic if the transfusions were full of deleterious elements, no?
God works in mysterious ways.
Most places that collect blood are very meticulous about dating the blood, in my experience. So like everything, the procedure is highly regulated..... however we all know that what is supposed to happen does not always happen, unfortunately. Hope this helps:
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?CFRPart=606&showFR=1
Here are some excerpts from CFR Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. There are many regs, and many having to do with labeling and keeping track of dates, along with other data:
(11) Length of expiration dates, if any, assigned for all final products as prescribed in 610.53 of this chapter.
(ii) To quarantine in-date blood and blood components previously donated by such a donor that are intended for use in another person or further manufacture into injectable products, except pooled components intended solely for further manufacturing into products that are manufactured using validated viral clearance procedures;
(iii) To notify consignees to quarantine in-date blood and blood components previously donated by such a donor intended for use in another person or for further manufacture into injectable products, except pooled components intended solely for further manufacturing into products that are manufactured using validated viral clearance procedures;
(iv) To determine the suitability for release, destruction, or relabeling of quarantined in-date blood and blood components;
Subpart G—Additional Labeling Standards for Blood and Blood Components
Sec. 606.120 Labeling, general requirements.
(a) Labeling operations shall be separated physically or spatially from other operations in a manner adequate to prevent mixups.
(b) The labeling operation shall include the following labeling controls:
(1) Labels shall be held upon receipt, pending review and proofing against an approved final copy, to ensure accuracy regarding identity, content, and conformity with the approved copy.
(2) Each type of label representing different products shall be stored and maintained in a manner to prevent mixups, and stocks of obsolete labels shall be destroyed.
(3) All necessary checks in labeling procedures shall be utilized to prevent errors in translating test results to container labels.
(c) All labeling shall be clear and legible.
[50 FR 35469, Aug. 30, 1985]