How you can see and share Tigers From Oscar-winning director, Danis Tanovic (NO MAN’S LAND) and Andy Paterson (GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING, THE RAILWAY MAN) comes a true story, 12 years in the making. A Pakistani salesman, employed by…
News stories: Contaminated feed caused baby’s death, UK to ban online junk food ads
News stories: Friday 13 Sept 2024. Guardian Keir Starmer ready to face down ‘nanny state’ jibes in radical public health drive Junk food ad ban, age limit on energy drinks and expanded water fluoridation among measures planned to help NHS.…
Nestlé Waters fined over allegations of illegal water drilling and deception
Food products Nestlé Waters fined 2 million euros in France 10.09.2024 Nestlé Waters has to pay a fine of 2 million euros in France. The company has concluded a so-called judicial agreement in the public interest (Convention Judiciaire d’Intérêt Public…
New UNICEF Guidance: Countering Industry Arguments Against Code Implementation: Evidence and Rights-Based Responses
New UNICEF Guidance CLICK HERE FOR A PDF Countering Industry Arguments Against Code Implementation: Evidence and Rights-Based Responses Guidance for Advocates of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes https://www.globalbreastfeeding collective.org/reports/countering-industry-arguments-against-code-implementation-evidence-and-rights-based Highlights This resource for policymakers and breastfeeding advocates…
Competition & Markets Authority: significant concerns about the behaviour of manufacturers
The Competition and Markets Authority announces significant concerns about the ‘behaviour of manufacturers…’ CMA comprehensive update August 2024 The cost of infant formula in the UK and in many other countries has been increasing unjustifiably rapidly, with an average…
Last chance to Support the addition of Exclusive Breastfeeding as an indicator in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Last chance to support the inclusion of an EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING indicator in the Sustainable Development Goals. DEADLINE Thursday 15th August 2024 Deadline Today: 15th August 2024 Here is the link to the submission page where you can add your details and…
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…
UK News: specialised formulas more likely to fuel obesity
Special baby milk ‘more likely to fuel obesity, tooth decay and digestive problems’ “Nutritionists say nine in 10 babies in the UK given formulas designed for those allergic to cow’s milk do not actually have an allergy.” An Editorial in…
Breastfeeding and the Olympics
BREAKING BARRIERS: THE BREASTFEEDING ATHLETES CHAMPIONING CHANGE AT THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS. By Eleanor Lee 3 August 2024 https://olympics.com/en/news/breastfeeding-athletes-championing-change-olympic-games-paris-2024 When a mother competes at an Olympic Games, she doesn’t suddenly stop being a mother. That’s the message that athletes…
600 delegates from 66 countries at the WPHN Congress challenge corporate power
University of Westminster hosts World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 with 600 delegate from 66 countries One year before the end of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, Westminster has held the World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 in…
Abbott must pay $495m in infant formula trial for hiding risks
Abbott must pay $495 million in premature infant formula trial for hiding risks, jury finds. Why is all the funding going into risky trials instead of support for breastfeeding, donor milk banking or Kangaroo Mother Care? In the second court…
Devex ends partnership with Nestle following alarm by NGOs and global health experts
Solidarity Statement on Palestine Devex ends partnership with Nestle following alarm by NGOs and global health experts Devex, an official media partner for the Gates Foundation, the World Economic Forum, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD, United Nations, Clinton Global…
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…
U.S challenges on baby formula regulations in more than half a dozen countries
The Biden Administration Says Its Trade Policy Puts People Over Corporations. Documents on Baby Formula Show Otherwise. U.S. officials have challenged baby formula regulations in more than half a dozen countries, sometimes after manufacturers complained. Critics say the efforts are…
HISTORY OF THE DEADLY FIGHT AGAINST THE FORMULA INDUSTRY
Putting Babies Before Profits- THE HISTORY OF THE DEADLY FIGHT AGAINST THE FORMULA INDUSTRY. Alive and Thrive
Danone lobbies New Zealand to weaken labelling controls
Food giant warns 441 jobs and $1b of exports at risk from infant formula labelling plan Waikato Times – 22 July 2024 Tom Pullar-Strecker French multinational Danone has warned 441 jobs in Auckland and Otago and $1 billion in annual…
WHO: Reaching informed decision-making on engaging with private sector entities for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: a practical tool
Final publication published 2024. Supporting member states in reaching informed decision-making on engaging with private sector entities for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: a practical tool. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/378209. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO IBFAN and many…
COMPILATION: Infant feeding in emergencies
Infant Feeding in Emergencies We are a founder member of the multi-agency Infant feeding in Emergencies Core Group, that was set up in 1999 to address policy gaps in infant and young child feeding support in emergencies with many important…
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: Codex Press Releases and comments
Codex Press Releases and comments over the years What is Codex and why does IBFAN attend? Codex is a joint United Nations body created in 1963 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the FAO to develop food standards, guidelines…
Tributes to Anwar Fazal
Thanks to Dr. Patricia Barrios Skrok from IBFAN Argentina for this tribute to the amazing Anwar Fazal on his 83rd Birthday (15th July) https://www.facebook.com/share/p/LZXmozgE4osgK1vF/?mibextid=oFDknk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Fazal Anwar Fazal (born 15 July 1941 in rural Malaysia) is a prominent civil society activist…
Farewell to Dr Patricia Ip
Dr Patricia Ip 26 August 2023 We are all sad to learn of the death of Dr. Patricia Ip from Hongkong – an active member of IBFAN East Asia who provided us with so much useful evidence of how companies…
Will our UK politicians protect UK rights to legislate in the public interest?
Part of the new Government’s strategy is to grow the economy. Based on IBFAN’s long experience advocating for policy coherence with WHO recommendations we urge that any new Trade deals that the UK enters must not be allowed to…
IBFAN and Public Eye urge Swiss Government to intervene, petition launched
SIGN the petition to ask Nestle to stop adding sugar and sweeteners to foods for babies and toddlers. HERE Laurent Gabarell of Public Eye explains Read the report in English Portuguese Spanish French The release in April of the Public Eye/IBFAN…
Brazil and Mexico take the lead as 27 countries call for a Resolution on Digital marketing of baby foods
Brazil and Mexico take the lead as 27 countries call for a Resolution on Digital marketing of baby foods. Digital Marketing is out of control – Brazil calls for a Resolution to protect mothers and babies Guidance on regulatory measures…
Mexico, Brazil, Kenya, Lesotho and Bangladesh join Side Event at the 77th WHA
77th World Health Assembly 27th May – 1st June 2024 CLICK HERE and HERE for the webcasts and documentation Executive Board EB155 WHO/UNICEF/IBFAN Code status report 2024 FIND YOUR NATIONAL LAW on IBFAN’s Website REGISTER Digital Marketing Side Event Governments…
Media coverage of the sugar report
Media Coverage Sri Lanka Allegation of double standards in Nestle baby products: Nestle Lanka says no added sugar The Sunday Times India Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India Nestle’s Suresh Narayanan on Nespresso & nutraceuticals, sugar in baby food controversy…
Nestlé’s share-price drops to 3-year low as its double standards in sugar are exposed
How Nestlé gets children hooked on sugar in lower-income countries Media coverage of the sugar report STOP PRESS: As Shareholders gathered for the Nestlé Annual meeting in Switzerland on 18th April, the company”s share price dropped by over 5% on…
First Steps Nutrition April Newsletter
First Steps Nutrition Trust is a small independent UK charity providing evidence-based information and resources to health workers about good nutrition from pre-conception to 5 years. View this email in your browser April 2024 Image by wirestock on Freepik Welcome…
How the US waged a Global Campaign againstBaby formula Regulations
CLICK HERE for the full story https://www.propublica.org/article/how-america-waged-global-campaign-against-baby-formula-regulation-thailand?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature MORE FROM THIS INVESTIGATION Documents Show Internal Clash Before U.S. Officials Pushed to Weaken Toddler Formula Rules Government documents obtained by ProPublica show a stark rift between trade and health officials over international…
House of Lords inquiry on Food, Diet and Obesity Committee
written evidence BMA HoL8.4.24 25 March 2024 – Food, Diet and Obesity – Oral evidence Committee Food, Diet and Obesity Committee Inquiry Food, Diet and Obesity At 2:15pm: Oral evidence Inquiry Food, Diet and Obesity Prof Carlos Monteiro Professor of…
Ireland called on to co-sponsor a Resolution on Digital Marketing
Senator Pauline Oreilly calls on Ireland to co-sponsor Brazil on a WHA Resolution on Digital Marketing. 21st March 2024 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/seanad-eireann-live/ Fantastic speech by Senator Pauline Oreilly just now in the Seanad Éireann. * Minister Niall Collins, responded for Government…
SACN report on diets of young children
Feeding young children aged 1 to 5 years find formulas contribute 50% of free sugars intake in consumers Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). July 2023. SACN’s webpage Conclusion on Drinks Evidence from DNSIYC and NDNS indicated that: formula milks…
Peter Braback on what children say and why firms should stay out of Politics….
“The biggest mistake is to take accusations personally. This was seen in the baby milk case, when the then CEO Arthur Fürer, a man with high values, took the slogan «Nestlé kills babies» personally and filed a lawsuit against the…
WPHN Congress: has the Decade of Nutrition delivered?
World Public Health Nutrition Association Congress 10-13 June 2024, University of Westminster, London Questioning the Solutions: has the Decade of Nutrition delivered? https://web-eur.cvent.com/event/6be91456-4a49-4a73-9acc-08ee203a9746/summary The World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 is being held one year before the end of the…
Family challenge formula milk firm after baby’s illness
By Michele Paduano BBC Midlands health correspondent The parents of a baby who had hospital treatment say he became ill after being fed formula milk from batches which have been recalled by its maker. A doctor told the family the…
Digital Marketing is out of control – Brazil calls for a Resolution to protect mothers and babies
Douglas Nascimento Santana, speaking for Brazil, said that they intend to propose a World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution on the digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes. IBFAN PR EB154. Transcript of EB154 debate. Excerpts MS NSA. EB154 Recordings of IBFAN statements…
IBFAN statements at the 154th WHO Executive Board Meeting
Agenda Item: 20. Maternal, infant and young child nutrition. WEBCAST AGENDA ITEM 20 – MIYCN rough transcript of EB154 MIYCN PDF of all 6 IBFAN Statements. Recordings of IBFAN statements IBFAN on MIYCN Friday 10pm WHO should be proud of the…
Digital Marketing is out of control -a WHA Resolution is urgently needed
Digital Marketing is out of control – a Resolution is needed to protect mothers and babies WHO 154th Executive Board, WHO HQ Geneva, 22 27 January- 2024. 2024 is a reporting year for Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition (MIYCN) Digital…
EU bans misleading and unproven ‘greenwashing’ terms
EU agrees directive banning misleading use of environmental claims on many products Terms such as ‘environmentally friendly’ and ‘biodegradable’ to be banned unless proved by an authority Kevin O’Sullivan Wed Jan 17 2024 – 14:04 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2024/01/17/eu-agrees-directive-banning-misleading-use-of-environmental-claims-on-many-products/ An EU directive targeting…
Delay, Delay, Delay – industry interference in Sri Lanka
Stop Press: Sri Lanka’s Sunday Times contacted Nestle Lanka about the ‘double standards’ exposé of is added sugar. A spokesperson responded: “We have been providing nutritious, tasty and safe products to Sri Lankans for over 115 years. Our products comply with…
Must read new book: The Bill Gates Problem by Tim Schwab
“The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire” Now available in USA, UK, India, Germany & beyond timschwab2020@gmail.com
Reports of lead and other contaminants in baby foods
More children added to the toll of those impacted by excessive lead in applesauce | Food Safety News https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2024/02/more-children-added-to-toll-of-those-impacted-by-excessive-lead-in-applesauce/ More than 200 children affected by excessive levels of lead in applesauce Terrifying source of applesauce recall: NJ sends urgent alert…
Medela
Medela Safely Fed Canada statement on Medela (2023) IBFAN Medela FLRF Poster April 2023 MedelaBTlwtduk2017 lwtduk17medela Medela Presentation April 27, 2023 .pptx Yes, Medela violates the Code R 2017 Full Report-3
Codex green-lights wasteful, sweetened Ultra-Processed drinks for older babies
Codex green-lights wasteful, sweetened, Ultra-Processed drinks for older babies 46th Codex Commission meeting: 27.11.23 – 2.12.23 Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Rome March 23 Nov 22 FINAL REPORT List of participants WEB-STREAM IBFAN has been attending the 46th Session…
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Farewell to two wonderful women: Glenys Kinnock & Rufaro Madzima and Prof Phil James
I am so sorry to hear the sad news about the loss of two wonderful women, Glenys Kinnock and Rufaro Madzima, and the obesity pioneer, Prof Phil James Glenys Kinnock, Former MEP, minister and wife of ex-Labour leader died 3rd…
COP 28: Women and Children at Greatest Risk from Climate Crisis
Cop 28 30 Nov – 12 Dec 2023, Dubai (UAE). Main Page IBFAN GIFA Statement Innovative financing for a gender-equitable first-food system to mitigate greenhouse gas impacts of commercial milk formula: investing in breastfeeding as a carbon offset. Frontiers:Julie P.…
WHO Guideline on prevention and management of Wasting
WHO Guideline on prevention and management of Wasting and nutritional oedema (acute malnutrition) Information on the GL WHO issues new guideline to tackle acute malnutrition in children under five 20 November 2023 News release Reading time: 2 min (497 words)…
UK Infant feeding Survey Update
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has announced that following an extensive period of development the Infant Feeding Survey 2023 (IFS) for England will begin in mid-October. This will be the first IFS since the survey was last…