First Steps Nutrition Trust is a small independent UK charity providing evidence-based information and resources to health workers about good nutrition from pre-conception to 5 years. View this email in your browser April 2024 Image by wirestock on Freepik Welcome…
CLICK HERE for the full story https://www.propublica.org/article/how-america-waged-global-campaign-against-baby-formula-regulation-thailand?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature MORE FROM THIS INVESTIGATION Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules Government documents obtained by ProPublica show a stark rift between trade and health officials over international…
25 March 2024 – Food, Diet and Obesity – Oral evidence Committee Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Inquiry Food, Diet and Obesity At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Inquiry Food, Diet and Obesity Prof Carlos Monteiro Professor of Nutrition and Public Health…
Senator Pauline Oreilly calls on Ireland to co-sponsor Brazil on a WHA Resolution on Digital Marketing. 21st March 2024 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/seanad-eireann-live/ Fantastic speech by Senator Pauline Oreilly just now in the Seanad Éireann. * Minister Niall Collins, responded for Government…
Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years find formulas contribute 50% of free sugars intake in consumers Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). July 2023. SACN’s webpage Conclusion on Drinks Evidence from DNSIYC and NDNS indicated that: formula milks…
European Parliament votes for big reductions in sugar in baby foods and prohibitions on labelling at too early an age. EU Council conclusions on Childhood Overweight and Obesity Update on Sugar in baby foods: JRC report published Public…
Briefing: Parliamentary scrutiny of the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (February 2024) Baby Milk Action and IBFAN join UK NGOs in calling on the Government to guarantee time for a debate on a substantive…
“The biggest mistake is to take accusations personally. This was seen in the baby milk case, when the then CEO Arthur Fürer, a man with high values, took the slogan «Nestlé kills babies» personally and filed a lawsuit against the…
Why Multi Stakeholder Partnerships are so problematic The need for sound information on infant and young child feeding is at the heart of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the 20 World Health Assembly Resolutions that have…
Committee on World Food Security The risks of Multi-stakeholderism, Committee on Food Security, Rome The Code and other safeguards threatened by UN Voluntary Guidelines on Food Will the Food Systems Summit protect human rights and breastfeeding – part of…
World Public Health Nutrition Association Congress 10-13 June 2024, University of Westminster, London Questioning the Solutions: has the Decade of Nutrition delivered? https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/6be91456-4a49-4a73-9acc-08ee203a9746/summary The World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 is being held one year before the end of the…
By Michele Paduano BBC Midlands health correspondent The parents of a baby who had hospital treatment say he became ill after being fed formula milk from batches which have been recalled by its maker. A doctor told the family the…
Codex Press Releases and comments over the years What is Codex and why does IBFAN attend? Codex is a joint United Nations body created in 1963 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the FAO to develop food standards, guidelines…
Douglas Nascimento Santana, speaking for Brazil, said that they intend to propose a World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution on the digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes. IBFAN PR EB154. Transcript of EB154 debate. Excerpts MS NSA. EB154 Recordings of IBFAN statements…
Agenda Item: 20. Maternal, infant and young child nutrition. WEBCAST AGENDA ITEM 20 – MIYCN rough transcript of EB154 MIYCN PDF of all 6 IBFAN Statements. Recordings of IBFAN statements IBFAN on MIYCN Friday 10pm WHO should be proud of the…
Digital Marketing is out of control – a Resolution is needed to protect mothers and babies WHO 154th Executive Board, WHO HQ Geneva, 22 27 January- 2024. 2024 is a reporting year for Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Digital…
EU agrees directive banning misleading use of environmental claims on many products Terms such as ‘environmentally friendly’ and ‘biodegradable’ to be banned unless proved by an authority Kevin O’Sullivan Wed Jan 17 2024 – 14:04 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2024/01/17/eu-agrees-directive-banning-misleading-use-of-environmental-claims-on-many-products/ An EU directive targeting…
Delay, Delay, Delay – industry interference in Sri Lanka The baby food industry is believed to be acting true to form in Sri Lanka – and seems to have succeeded in blocking and delaying the implementation of new Labelling and…
“The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire” Now available in USA, UK, India, Germany & beyond timschwab2020@gmail.com
More children added to the toll of those impacted by excessive lead in applesauce | Food Safety News https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/02/more-children-added-to-toll-of-those-impacted-by-excessive-lead-in-applesauce/ More than 200 children affected by excessive levels of lead in applesauce Terrifying source of applesauce recall: NJ sends urgent alert…
Medela Safely Fed Canada statement on Medela (2023) IBFAN Medela FLRF Poster April 2023 MedelaBTlwtduk2017 lwtduk17medela Medela Presentation April 27, 2023 .pptx Yes, Medela violates the Code R 2017 Full Report-3
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD Health situation in the occupied Palestinian territory Recording of the session. DRAFT RESOLUTION At the request of 15 Member States, this Special Session of the WHO Executive Board was held in WHO Headquarters,…
Codex green-lights wasteful, sweetened, Ultra-Processed drinks for older babies 46th Codex Commission meeting: 27.11.23 – 2.12.23 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Rome March 23 Nov 22 FINAL REPORT List of participants WEB-STREAM IBFAN has been attending the 46th Session…
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I am so sorry to hear the sad news about the loss of two wonderful women, Glenys Kinnock and Rufaro Madzima, and the obesity pioneer, Prof Phil James Glenys Kinnock, Former MEP, minister and wife of ex-Labour leader died 3rd…
Cop 28 30 Nov – 12 Dec 2023, Dubai (UAE). Main Page IBFAN GIFA Statement Innovative financing for a gender-equitable first-food system to mitigate greenhouse gas impacts of commercial milk formula: investing in breastfeeding as a carbon offset. Frontiers:Julie P.…
WHO Guideline on prevention and management of Wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) Information on the GL WHO issues new guideline to tackle acute malnutrition in children under five 20 November 2023 News release Reading time: 2 min (497 words)…
Soaring Cost of Baby Formula Puts Big Brands Under Pressure Nestle and Danone, dominate market Fresh scrutiny on infant formula prices could eat into profits. Bloomberg Dasha Afanasieva and Katie Linsell 24 February 2024 at 06:00 GMT Competition and Markets…
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that following an extensive period of development the Infant Feeding Survey 2023 (IFS) for England will begin in mid-October. This will be the first IFS since the survey was last…
Regional Committee for Europe: Slovenia calls for support and protection for women who want to breastfeed in emergencies. “..We must not forget about the continued care for people living with chronic conditions, as well as prevention and health promotion- for…
Irish Times Nestlé to shut Co Limerick infant formula plant Dominic Coyle David Raleigh. Wed Oct 18 2023 The Irish Times reports that Nestle Ireland is to close its factory in County Limerick, because ” demand for infant formula in…
PDF of Guideline WHO link to GUIDELINE WHO Guideline for complementary feeding of infants and young children 6–23 months of age. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023 This guideline supersedes the Guiding Principles for Complementary Feeding of the Breastfed Child (1)…
Glyphosate: no qualified majority in Standing Committee, proposal for renewal now to proceed to Appeal Committee Congratulations to HEAL, the Health and Environment Alliance, for organising this campaign Statement 13 October 2023Brussels Today, the European Commission failed to get enough…
UK Open consultation Disclosure of industry payments to the healthcare sector Published 4 September 2023. Deadline for comment 11:59pm on 16 October 2023. The UK Government is seeking views on the possible introduction of new secondary legislation to place a…
UK accession to Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Inquiry Following the announcement of the UK’s accession on 16 July, the UK International Agreements Committee is reactivating its inquiry into CPTPP and is gathering new evidence, regarding the…
Launch of the WHO Civil Society Commission Update, Background, Perspectives… The WHO Civil Society Commission is a new body launched by the Director-General of the World Health Organization in August 2023. The mandate of the Commission is to strengthen dialogue…
Online public consultation: draft guidance on regulatory measures aimed at restricting digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes Deadline of submission: 17 September 2023 WHO Guidance on digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes IBFAN response Baby Milk Action Digital 17.9 (the draft guidance…
Obituaries for Graham Dukes (2 November 1930 – 13 August 2023) and Elisabet Helsing (1940-2019) IBFANers will be sad to learn of the passing of Graham Dukes, who was married to the Elisabeth Helsing – the ‘mother’ of breastfeeding in…
s World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August) – Making a Difference for Working Parents REGISTER HERE for the Global Breastfeeding Coalition Webinar at 2pm Geneva time. The right to maternity protection for mothers who work outside the home is the theme of this…
NEW SACN GUIDANCE: Feeding young children aged 1-5 years Following the consultation last summer see FSNT response), the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) published their guidance on Feeding young children aged 1-5 years in July. It complements Feeding in…
NEWS: Retained EU Law (REUL) Act published Thanks to the Baby Feeding law Group for alerting us to this news Following months of deliberation and considerations from the Houses of Lords and Commons respectively, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform)…
Francois Perroud defending Nestlé’s free supplies policy. March 1989 BBC report on the re-launch of the Nestlé Boycott – 23rd March 1989 So sad to hear that BBC journalist George Allegiah has died. In 1989 he stayed on…
The theme of the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week (the annual event run by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action that started in 1992) is ‘Making a Difference for Working Parents’ Some of the social media resources and events taking place:…
Join the debate about micronutrient supplements and the prevention of undernutrition You are invited to participate in a debate about an article we published in the journal World Nutrition Vol 14 No 1 (2023) https://worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn/issue/view/80 and Issue Vol 14 No 2 (2023). https://worldnutritionjournal.org/index.php/wn/issue/view/81…
WHO’s first Global Congress on the implementation of the International Code – baby feeding industry not invited. 20-22 June 2023, WHO HQ, Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) hosted the first Global…
WHO Global Congress on the Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes This Congress was a first for WHO since the Code’s adoption in 1981. For three days, over 400 delegates from 130 countries, worked in Plenary and in…
___________________________________________________________ Ultra-Processed Foods marketed for infants and young children in the UK This new report from the deservedly widely trusted charity, First Steps Nutrition Trust (FSNT) follows on from Chris van Tulleken’s book and is yet more essential reading.…
Tuesday 23rd May. The public health NGOs – annoyingly called Non State Actors (NSAs) – who stayed on till 11pm to speak on the Emergency Debate. Standing: Baba Aye. Public Services International, Seated Left Jaume Vidal, HAI, Patti Rundall on…
Will bogus sustainability claims on processed foods save the planet? GREENWASHING Codex will discuss Sustainability Labelling in Canada this coming week. We know that the corporate-driven food system is wrecking planet, but will bogus, unmonitored sustainability claims make things worse or better? IBFAN…
Review of the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formulas: Manufacturers and Importers Agreement (MAIF Agreement) Deadline 12th March 2023. The Australian Government is seeking feedback to inform the Review of the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formulas: Manufacturers and Importers…
