UNHCR Refugee Statistics. Risky Codex labelling guidelines adopted Codex Commission (CAC49) Geneva, 6-10th July The 49th Codex Alimentarius Commission met in Geneva this last week and among other issues, adopted new labelling Guidelines for foods for emergencies proposed by the…
WHO and UNICEF brief on Global Nutrition Targets 2030
Global Nutrition Targets 2030 Breastfeeding Brief from WHO and UNICEF PDF Overview Exclusive breastfeeding – defined as the practice of only giving an infant breast-milk for the first 6 months of life (no other food or water) – has the single largest…
News Update: UK and International
Click HERE for 30-seconds on social media “Mothers are being bombarded by online marketing that makes them doubt their ability to breastfeed. In just one click sound health authority advice is replaced by misleading commercial messages.” IBFAN Statement at the…
UK news: Baby food pouches – why they should be taken off the market
UK news: Baby Feeding Law Group response to the Competition and Markets Authority BBC Panorama reveals the shocking truth about baby pouches Highlighting important new research on their poor nutritional quality, this programme on BBC Panorama exposed the growing concerns…
COMPILATION: Greed-flation -Rocketing formula prices: no excuse to resort to commercial schemes.
COMPILATION: Greed-flation The cost of infant formula in the UK and in many other countries has been increasing unjustifiably rapidly, with an average price increase of 24%1 in two years from 2021 to 2023 with a 45% price increase with…
COMPILATION: Conflicts of Interest
See Conflict of Interest page: https://www.babymilkaction.org/conflicts-of-interest
COMPILATION: Why Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships are problematic
Compilation: 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…
COMPILATION: Research
Infant food security and formula safety in the UK Petition: 40K people call for immediate halt to an unethical formula study in Uganda and Guinea-Bissau Is ZeroSeparation Astroturfing? How business groups use babies to recruit allies New Lancet series: Revisiting…
COMPILATION: Infant and Young Child Feeding in emergencies
“Our maternity hospitals were flooded with breastmilk substitutes brought in by humanitarian aid agencies. This nearly destroyed our breastfeeding programmes.” Dr Anahit Demirchian, Chief of the National Programme of Promotion and Protection of Breastfeeding, Armenia, 1996. Infant feeding in…
COMPILATION: Committee on World Food Security
Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 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…
COMPILATION: EU lobby on sugar
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…
COMPILATION: Codex Press Releases and comments
Latest news: IBFAN COMPILATION CODEX COMMITTEE ON NUTRITION AND FOODS FOR SPECIAL DIETARY USES (CCNFSDU) Electronic Working Group (EWG) on a Draft Standard for Foods for Older Infants and Young Children ENCA comment EWG on Processed foods for IYCF…