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…
Global Trade: Protecting independent science as Codex tackles UPF
Protecting independent science as Codex tackles UPF CAC48 Rome 10-14th November Meeting detail. REPORT Participants. WEBCASTING. DAY 1: AM | PM DAY 2: AM | PM DAY 3: AM | PM. Day 4 CAC48 IBFAN IBFAN CRD 42 IBFAN attended…
Climate Crisis intensifies water scarcity – Nestlé’s water scandals
See more on IBFAN website PDF: NestleWaterScandals Severe and increasing droughts caused by the climate crisis exacerbate water shortages and environmental pollution. As COP 30 opens in Brazil, IBFAN’s Statement ‘Nestlé Water Scandals’ addresses the exploitation of scarce water resources…
UNICEF Report: Feeding Profit How food environments are failing children.
Feeding Profit How food environments are failing children. United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Feeding Profit. How food environments are failing children. Child Nutrition Report 2025, UNICEF, New York, September 2025. Link to full and brief UNICEF report in many languages…
France passes a law to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in several products
20 Feb 2025 Today, France has passed a new law that will ban PFAS in several products including clothing and cosmetics. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of over 10,000 highly persistent synthetic chemicals often called ‘forever chemicals’, because…
Posters for sharing
IBFAN posters and briefings you can share on Social Media: Breastfeeding and Immunity, the Abbott Contamination Scandal and a poster showing how Medela disguises Conflicts of Interest in Science and charity. This poster was done in April 2023. Medela comment…
“Improper political interference” in US baby foods puts health and scientific integrity at stake .
US Oversight Subcommittee Staff Report Reveals Top Baby Foods Contain Dangerous Levels of Toxic Heavy Metals (Feb 4th 2021) FDA responds to questions about report on lead, other toxins in baby food. (17th February) EPA Takes Action to Protect…
FDA Warns Consumers about Abbott’s Powdered Infant Formula – shortage in USA
The US Government endorsement of artificial feeding has been and continues to be a huge financial benefit to the US formula industries. The US policy has left citizens without Code regulation, baby friendly support and mandatory maternity leave for decades.…
IBFAN warns about corporate influence at WHO Executive Board Meeting
IBFAN statements for the WHO Executive Board Meetings – 24-29th January 2022 See earlier Policy Blog for the Background to the EB Discussion. All the presentations from IBFAN, Civil Society, Member States and WHO can be seen on the WEBCAST…
Join the civil society opposition the UN Food Systems Summit
Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations launch a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit from 25 to 28 July 2021 in Rome and online. Rome, Italy. 19…
The Code and other safeguards threatened by UN Voluntary Guidelines on Food
The Code and other safeguards threatened by corporate friendly Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition. 2021 The Plenary session of the UN Committee on Word Food Security (CFS47) ended on the 11th February, after several weeks of intense…
Nestlé no longer a sponsor of My Family and the Galapagos
The second series of My Family and the Galapagos is airing on C4 on Sunday evenings. Having written to complain about the Nestlé sponsorship and how I felt it had influenced the show’s message about plastic waste, I was…
Global Heating – climate emergency – Green feeding
The carbon footprint of breastmilk substitutes in comparison with breastfeeding Johan O. Karlsson, Tara Garnett, Nigel C. Rollins, Elin Roos Carbon Footprint Taking action now, worldwide – and from birth. First we need to talk about: global heating – not…
IBFAN at WHO’s Executive Board: tackling commercialisation of health care systems
Good article in Health Policy Watch 24th January – 1st February I’ve been at the WHO Executive Board meeting since 24th January – joining IBFAN GIFA colleagues Alessia Bigi and Fedora Bernard and partner…