PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM UNHEALTHY FOOD MARKETING A Toolkit for Developing Effective Laws Model Legal Language for Protecting Children from Unhealthy Food Marketing UNICEF’s new digital toolkit and Model Legal Language for protecting children from unhealthy and ultra-processed food marketing is now…
Botulism outbreak prompts new work on Codex infant formula guidance
Botulism outbreak prompts new work on Codex infant formula guidance Codex Committee on Food Hygiene CCFH55 15 -19 December 2025Nashville, Tennessee, USA Public Health advocates warmly welcomed the decision by the Food Hygiene Committee (CCFH55) of the Codex Alimentarius to conduct…
CCFH Dec 2025: Codex agrees to work on Botulinum contamination
CLICK HERE for press release Codex agrees to work on Botulinum contamination Codex Committee on Food Hygiene CCFH55 15 -19 December 2025 Nashville, Tennessee, USA REPORT Web streaming: Monday Tuesday Wednesday. Agenda. FRIDAY Update on what happened at CCFH55 IBFAN, ENCA and the WPHNA joined…
Dec 2025: ByHeart & Botulism: Serious food safety failings expose online marketing risks
Updates: Botulism outbreak linked to infant formula expands; sickens 51 babies across 19 states Stephanie Weaver, December 10, 2025 Live Fox Now. IBFANStatement December 2025 IBFAN CRD CCFH55 Capitalising on Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, the new US company…
Farewell to a much loved IBFAN leader, Adriano Cattaneo
Farewells to some important figures Adriano Cattaneo. December 6, 2025 IBFANers are all heartbroken with the news of the death of Adriano Cattaneo on 6th December, after a terrible bicycle accident on 29th September. Adriano was a medical officer for…
New statements and reports
Ultra-processed Foods and Children: State-of-the-art review 2.12.25 This state-of-the-art review on ultra-processed foods (UPF) and children consolidates evidence from around the world on how rising UPF consumption undermines children’s nutrition, health and well-being. The review finds strong evidence that UPF…
UK Government response to the CMA
Infant formula: government response to CMA market study 3rd December 2025 The UK Government’s long-awaited response to the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) 11 recommendations on the formula milk market was announced today during Prime Minister’s Questions, with some welcome…
WHO and UNICEF brief on Global Nutrition Targets 2030
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