Series – 9 , December 2014 Formula feeding is the formula for disaster for the environment, say experts! BPNI / IBFAN Asia’s latest publication “Formula for Disaster: weighing the impact of formula feeding Vs breastfeeding on environment” is out now. The path breaking…
Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO)
IBFAN Statement on ECHO WHO Executive Board Meeting January 201 ECHO shortFINAL2 After representing IBFAN at the Civil Society Hearing of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity (ECHO) on 14th October, we wrote this letter to explain our concerns about the…
Funding appeal from our partners in India
Funding appeal from our partners in India They need 40 unique donors and 5000 Dollars by 31st December to secure a permanent place on the GlobalGiving website. This is shortest way to go there http://goto.gg/19037 Save Infants’ Lives by Promoting Breastfeeding http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/save-infants-lives-by-promoting-breastfeeding/ …
New information on WHO Framework of engagement with non-state actors
The WHO Secretariat input for the upcoming WHO EB session is available now: · EB136/5 Framework of engagement with non-State actors · EB136/INF./2 Framework of engagement with non-State actors Information on regional committee debate
Santa Claus resigns
Here’s a Christmas message from our partners in Mexico Santa Claus resigns Dec 15, 2014 This year Santa Claus made a tough decision: since his kidnapping in 1931 by a beverage company, he is resigning from his captors. He refuses…
BMJ’s new Conflict of Interest Policy
CLICK HERE BMJ’s new Conflict of Interest Policy Editor’s Choice The milk debate, conflicts of interest, and our Christmas appeal Fiona Godlee, editor in chief, The BMJ fgodlee@bmj.com CLICK HERE ….Elsewhere we announce our new more stringent policy on financial conflicts of…
Nestlé bottled water dropped from EXPO 2015 in Milan following protests
Nestlé bottled water dropped from EXPO 2015 in Milan following protests 18 December 2014 The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) welcomes the decision of the Swiss government to modify its plans to promote Nestlé’s brand image at the Swiss…
Nestle forced to remove misleading SMA claims following Baby Milk Action complaint
Baby Milk Action press release 15 December 2014 Change.org petition campaign calling for customers to be informed they were misled Nestlé has finally removed some misleading claims from its website for SMA Toddler Milk following complaints by Baby Milk Action…
Thinking Forward: The Quicksand of Appeasing the Food Industry
PLoS Med. Jul 2012; 9(7): e1001254. Published online Jul 3, 2012. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001254 PMCID: PMC3389029 Thinking Forward: The Quicksand of Appeasing the Food Industry Kelly D. Brownell* Author information ► Copyright and License information ► This article has been cited by other articles in PMC. This article was…
Two new studies on breastfeeding rates
1Potential economic impacts from improving breastfeeding rates in the UK ▸ Additional material is published online only. To view please visit the journal online (http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2014-306701). What this study adds: ▸ Use of breast milk substitutes is associated with a raised…
Stop TTIP – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Free Public Event tonight. TTIP Take Back the Power flyer Baby Milk Action is working alongside the growing number of NGOs, Unions and citizens such as War on Want, Trade Justice Movement, WDM and 38 Degrees and 120 organizations from 18 different…
Nestlé water turned into cups at Milan Expo
Campaign Success: Nestlé water turned into cups at Milan Expo Today I received the response below to my letter from Ambassador Nicolas Bideau – explaining the changes that are being made to the Water Towers at Switzerland’s pavilion at the Expo…
Global Nutrition Report
I attended the launch of the Global Nutrition Report at the House of Commons on Tuesday 2nd December. I picked up on something said by lead author Lawrence Haddad about Maharashtra (see below) and the appropriate role for industry. I made a…
Nestle bottled water promotion at EXPO 2015 criticised by campaign groups
Campaign groups are concerned about a proposal for Nestlé water towers at EXPO 2015. For letters of protest see the Nestlé Critics website: Baby Milk Action to Ambassador Bideau GIFA to Matthias Aebischer GIFA to Ambassador Bideau Corporate Accountability to…
Nestle investigated for ignoring ASA ruling
Update 15 December 2014: Nestle’s forced to remove misleading SMA claims following Baby Milk Action complaint In October we won a case at the UK Advertising Standards Authority over a misleading promotion for Nestlé SMA Toddler Milk advertising. This had been…