India
This great article tracks the early struggles and successes of IBFAN’s Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India. 7. Civil Society BPNI article
BPNI is still doing tremendous work to protect child health.
India wanted red flags on chip packets and soda. Big Food fought back.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-wanted-red-flags-chip-packets-soda-big-food-fought-back-2026-08-25/
- Consumer firms lock horns with India regulator over colorful health warnings on packaging
- Industry pushed back on such warning labels in tense March meeting with regulator
- Big Food under pressure from activists, changing tastes of Indian middle class
- Activists scrutinize packaged food for ingredients they consider inferior
At a tense March meeting, senior Coca-Cola India executive Mili Bhattacharya said it was “very simplistic” to believe consumers who ignore ingredients will become “so informed” by warnings that their diet improves, audio recordings reveal. Doctors already tell patients what not to eat, she said, echoing pushback from other executives.”
Read the Order here: https://napiindia.in/docs/SC-Order.pdf
RUSSIA
Vladimir Putin has apparently set his sights on the business giant Nestlé. A dubious Russian company has filed a petition for court-ordered receivership of Nestlé’s subsidiaries based there. The move against the Swiss company is reminiscent of the expropriation of other food giants …