APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTING Ask your MP to protect breastfeeding, families in crisis and children in working poverty The Coronavirus crisis is throwing up enormous problems for so many people and its hard to see where, when or how this…
Ask your MP to protect breastfeeding, families in crisis and children in working poverty
The Coronavirus crisis is throwing up enormous problems for so many people and its hard to see where, when or how this nightmare will end. You can help by contacting your MP to make sure the following safeguards are in…
Baby Feeding Law Group
The Baby Feeding Law Group https://www.bflg-uk.org/ Who we are The Baby Feeding Law Group UK was founded by Baby Milk Action in 1997 and has been working for over 20 years to strengthen UK baby feeding laws in line…
APPG on Infant Feeding & inequalities: US and UK Trade talks
Reminder: today’s All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) meeting on Infant Feeding & Inequalities Patti Rundall’s presentation APPGRundall 2020 ‘US–UK trade talks –the potential impact on food standards Tuesday 10 March, from 1-3pm. Committee Room 18 The agenda for can…
Breastfeeding and HIV therapy
HIV treatment in pregnancy Babies of South African mothers taking HIV therapy have worse health in early months – unless they are vaccinated and consistently breastfed Gus Cairns 11 February 2020 A South African study has found that, in general, babies…
New compositional, labelling and marketing regulations come into force
On February 22nd 2020 new compositional, labelling and marketing regulations for most infant formula, follow on formula and infant milks marketed as foods for special medical purposes on the UK market came into force. This means that legally, products meeting…