3rd November 2015 Very important news from Brazil: After many decades of deliberation and struggle by our IBFAN colleagues in Brazil, a Brazilian law that bans advertising of formulas, pacifiers, bottles and all products that can interfere on breastfeeding – Regulation 11265/2006…
http://www.can-mnch.ca/minister-mandate-letter/ Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Mandate Letter Today, the Government of Canada outlined the mandate of the Minister of International Development and La Francophonie. CAN-MNCH is pleased to see a strong commitment to advancing women and children’s…
The Deadline for comments on the Draft Final Report of the Commission on Ending Childhood Obesityis today 13th November 2015. Baby Milk Action and IBFAN have submitted the following comment. BabyBaby Milk ActionIBFAN_ECHO_Nov2015 The Draft Final Report is HERE CLICK…
Baby Milk Action press release 5 November 2015 International Nestlé-Free Week is a time for people who boycott Nestlé over the way it pushes baby milk to do more to promote the boycott – and for those who don’t boycott to…
On 16th October the Green Party registered an objection to the three Delegated Acts. Commission Delegated Regulations of 25.9.2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the EP and Council as regards infant formula, follow-on formula, c(2015) 6478, food for special medical…
Baby Milk Action press release 29 October 2015 Media coverage: Huffington Post 5 November The British Medical Journal (BMJ) announced yesterday that it has finally retracted a fraudulent study used by Nestlé, Mead Johnson and other formula companies to weaken laws…
Childhood Obesity Inquiry highlights baby food industry marketing and sponsorship for links to Blog with full Transcripts CLICK HERE Parliamentary Select Committee Childhood Obesity Inquiry. House of Commons, 20th October, 2015 The Select Committee inquiry on Childhood…
New publication – the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2o15 This includes three articles contributed by IBFAN. The Business of Malnutrition: The perfect public relations cover for big food by Patti Rundall, Policy Director, Baby Milk Action, UK Business of Malnutrition,…
NGOs_Chan_67 NGOs criticise WHO’s ‘non paper’ on conflicts of interest 22.10.2015 For the past 4 years and as part of the WHO reform, WHO and its governing bodies are discussing new set of policies, currently called Framework of Engagement With Non…
I attended the three sessions of the Parliamentary Select Committee Childhood Obesity Inquiry. Much of the media coverage has focused on whether or not there should be a sugar tax on sweetened drinks and the call by the Chair of the…
See Press release about the letter from 67 NGOs to WHO and the NonPaper on the implications of the Framework of Engagement With Non State Actors (FENSA) For the past 4 years and as part of the WHO reform, WHO and its governing bodies…
There were several relevant Fringe meetings at Party conferences. Private Eye picked up on a complaint I made about the Danone funding of a meeting on Early years at the Conservative Conference: “Danone, the baby food giant which makes Aptamil baby and…
TOMORROW – October 11th – is World Obesity Day see World Obesity for a host of useful statistic See also this article in the Guardian: Global obesity rise puts UN goals on diet-related diseases ‘beyond reach’ Sarah Boseley and Helen Davidson in Darwin Friday 9…
http://www.who.int/nutrition/events/2015_conflictsofinterest_nut_programmes_scopeandpurpose.pdf?ua=1 Technical consultation: addressing and managing conflicts of interest in the planning and delivery of nutrition programmes at country level Date: 8-9 October 2015 Venue: International Labour Organization (ILO) Salle IX (R2-sud), Geneva, Switzerland
The Community Practitioners and Health Visitors Association (CPHVA) is a member of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG), which works for the baby feeding industry to be better regulated. It is worrying to see it being targeted by Nestlé and…
The EU Commission’s proposals for new legislation covering the composition and marketing of baby foods and formulas have been sent to the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) I will post comments and a guide very soon…
Two very good films doing the Festival rounds. Landgrabbing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieioj-036hA May 11, 2015 The world’s farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels or…
Sustainable Development goals GOAL 1 END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE GOAL 2 END HUNGER, ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITYAND IMPROVED NUTRITION, ANDPROMOTE SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 2.1 by 2030 end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people…
A new reply has been posted to Infant feeding and the European refugee crisis in the Infant and young child feeding interventions area. From Marie McGrath on Thursday 1 October at 3:25 PM Dear en-net I am happy to share Interim Operational Considerations for the…
We are looking forward to English translations of two programmes broadcast in Germany this month by ARD, the world’s largest public broadcaster. Links to the German programmes are given below. Sign up for alerts and we will let you know…
PRESS RELEASE 25 September 2015 For immediate release – click here to download as a pdf file First summit meeting of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative UK The first summit meeting of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) UK will…
Press release 22 September 2015 Update 25 February 2016: Research shows the messages people take from the Brazilian “your child is what you eat” campaign An advertising campaign criticised by health experts around the world for undermining breastfeeding was launched in…
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Tigers preview screening at the Take One Action film festival: 19 September 2015 A special screening of Tigers, the new film by Oscar-winning director Danis Tanovic, will reunite campaigners against Nestlé’s baby milk marketing malpractice in Edinburgh on Saturday 19 September…
Letter from European Commission re TTIP report New ICS to replace ISDS in TTIP Comment from John Hendy QC page down for a reaction from the US Chamber of Commerce Commission to replace infamous ISDS with Investment Court System September…
Click HERE for Mike Brady’s Campaign Blog for some interesting background to this story including links to Nestlé sponsorship of the Brazilian Pediatric Association. CLICK Here for a story in Update 46 about how Nestlé and other companies target pregnant…
(Update: press release 22 September 2015: Nestle-sponsored paediatric society distances itself from corporation as it launches shocking first 1000 days campaign – our original blog article from 16 September responding to the Daily Mail report is archived below). Update 25 February 2016: Research…
IBFAN speaks on Conflicts of Interest at ISSOP conference CLICK HERE
Baby Milk Action press release 8 September 2015 Nestlé’s aggressive baby milk marketing practices are ever more obvious in the UK following its takeover of the SMA formula brand in 2012. The latest example is Nestlé targeting the public with a stall at the…
For comments on this article by Yasmine Motarjemi see her Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/justiceforyasmine/posts/1631441403739872 https://www.facebook.com/justiceforyasmine/posts/1631682727049073 and here – another article. http://setexasrecord.com/stories/510634511-tyler-woman-claims-nestle-waters-fired-her-because-of-pregnancy Has Nestle Gone Too Far? Forbes Business AUG 21, 2015 Clark Wolf , http://www.forbes.com/sites/clarkwolf/2015/08/20/has-nestle-gone-too-far/ Protests against Nestle, the food giant, over…
This article is relevant to the ongoing discussions at WHO about inappropriate marketing of foods for infants and young children and shows how foods are ‘idealised’ – not only by baby pictures but by vegetables. Below this article are…
We are taking pre-orders for our new Nestlé-Free Zone t-shirt for delivery in September. Take a look at the t-shirt and other items in our online Virtual Shop. The Nestlé-Free Zone logo is also available on mugs, keyring and fridge magnets. Explore…
The latest version of the new laws are below. COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) …/… of XXX supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the specific compositional and information requirements for infant formula…
12th August Indian government sues Nestle for $100m over Maggi noodles CLICK HERE for BBC report CLICK Here or HERE or HERE The Indian Government announced today that it is suing Nestle for $100m (£64m) over “unfair trade practices.” following on from its…
As part of WHO’s Reform process, Member States of WHO have been for over 4 years discussing a policy for engagement with external actors. To protect the agency’s integrity, independence and credibility, the 2014 World Health Assembly (WHA) called for…
CLICK HERE for WHO, UNICEF, WABA and ILO materials Just like 2014, Nestlé has once again been hijacking World Breastfeeding Week, and all the while continuing to systematically break the UN marketing requirements. There have been advertisements in daily newspapers, sometimes full…
A reminder that Monday AUG 10th is the deadline for comments on WHO’s consultation on “Clarification and guidance on inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children” See my consultation page for background documents and comments from Baby Milk Action,…
ILO’s statement in support of WBW containing the WHO materials and posters: http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/who-we-are/ilo-director-general/statements-and-speeches/WCMS_387405/lang–en/index.htm WABA’s social media toolkit: http://worldbreastfeedingweek.org/pdf/wbw2015-socialmedia.pdf UNICEF photo essay on breastfeeding and work: https://medium.com/photography-and-social-change/breastfeeding-and-work-afea268fb6c3 The first in a series of blogs on UNICEF Connect: http://blogs.unicef.org/2015/08/03/breastfeeding-and-work-snapshots-from-companies-around-the-world/ Paper…
The Methodist Conference received a report from the Church’s Joint Advisory Committee on the Ethics in Investment (JACEI) on 29 June 2015. This shows that a strategy of investing in Nestlé to exert pressure on its baby milk marketing policies…
I was contacted recently by a supporter of the Nestlé boycott whose nephew questioned her concerns by referring to a blog post on Nestlé’s website. The staggeringly dishonest nature of Nestlé’s presentation of the facts shows how desperate it is to undermine support…
Photos: Over 100 Moms Breastfeed In Times Square For Big Latch On BY JEN CHUNG IN NEWS ON AUG 2, 2015 10:14 AM CLICK HERE
Baby Milk Action is very grateful to members of the public who report cases of aggressive marketing of baby milks, baby foods and feeding bottles and teats to us. Some of these we take up with the companies involved, Trading…
Here is a piece from Third World Network, who like IBFAN have been following WHO’s interactions with the private sector WHO: Concerns that “official relations” are used for promoting business interestsGeneva, 16 July (TWN) – The collaboration work plan that the…
We have been contacted by supporters concerned that Nestlé is promoting its SMA infant formula brand to mothers through sponsorship of AOL’s online Being Mum videos. We are taking this up with both Nestlé, AOL and the relevant authorities in the UK…
Baby Milk Action is part of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), consisting of over 270 groups in more than 160 countries. IBFAN groups monitor company activities on the ground. Globally, IBFAN’s International Code Documentation Centre produces summary reports…
IBFAN has submitted the attached comments to the Codex Alimentarius electronic Working Group for the revision of the Standard for Follow-up Formula. IBFAN 2nd CP Submitters response FINAL These are supported by IACFO. ENCA2015 eWG Consultation 2_ENCA Comments Please forward…
IBFAN concerns about Ongoing discussions about WHO’s Framework of Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA) CLICK HERE for the text As part of WHO’s Reform process, Member States of WHO have been for over 4 years discussing a policy for engagement with external actors.…
