http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ricardo-patino/ecuador-ricardo-patino_b_6040920.html Transnational Misconduct Must End Ecuador has undergone a profound social, economic and political transformation over the past seven years, prioritizing the needs and rights of its citizens, in order to tackle a great moral challenge of the 21st…
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Best Feeding – Wholesome Baby Food Recipes from Asian homes to complement breastfeeding
“Best Feeding – Wholesome Baby Food Recipes from Asian homes to complement breastfeeding”. was launched on 27th October’14 in Brunei at the 10th One Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum . CLICK HERE to download it as a PDF This lovely book challenges the paradigm created…
Nestle India summoned for violating IMS Act
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Nestlé’s Gerber accused of false claims
WTOP ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press 1st November 2014 CLICK here for the full story WASHINGTON (AP) — Baby-food maker Gerber [owned by Nestlé] is being accused by the government of claiming falsely that its Good Start Gentle formula…
Water and Food Security
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The new world food and nutrition order
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Civil society disappointed at Nutrition negotiations in Rome (2014)
STATEMENT BY CSO DELEGATION TO THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION 2 DISAPPOINTING OUTCOMES OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NUTRITION Governments met in the FAO Headquarters in Rome from 10-12 October 2014 to finalize the Rome Political…
Nestle using food banks in Canada to push formula
Companies are very keen to be seen to be addressing inequalities – and what better way to do this than to support food banks, breakfast clubs and other philanthropic ventures – using them to promote their brands of junk foods…
TTIP demonstration in London
Formula whistleblower battled Nestle for 17 years: Porter
Syed Aamir Raza Hussain of Mississaugha is a former Nestlé salesman whose efforts to stop the company from plying new mothers with formula resulted in TIFF film Tigers. CLICK HERE By: Catherine Porter Columnist, Published on Sat Oct 04 2014…
No more for Nespresso for George Clooney ?
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WHO EU Regional Meeting: Conflicts of interest on the agenda
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Mississauga-Erindale MP Bob Dechert’s attends international premiere of the film “Tigers”
From right to left director Danis Tanovic, MP Bob Dechert, movie subject Syed Aamir Raza, actor Emraan Hashmi and Mr. Raza’s family September 8, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mississauga-Erindale MP Bob Dechert’s attends international premiere of the film “Tigers” …
Breastfeeding linked to lower risk of postnatal depression
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Infant feeding and Ebola Outbreak
Posted on behalf of Fabienne Rousseau, ACF I have a question related to infant feeding in the context of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Our teams are engaged in sensitisation and have concerns regarding breastfeeding counselling messages in the…
EFSA advice on infant and follow-on formulae
EFSA updates advice on infant and follow-on formulae 24 July 2014 Key findings: The Panel did not consider it necessary to propose specific compositional criteria for formulae consumed after one year of age, as formulae consumed during the first year…
WHO Food and Nutrition Action Plan for Europe
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Useful developments at the Codex Commission
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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
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New statement by the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
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Have you signed this? If not, act now to safeguard the UN from Conflicts of Interest: July 10-11
Please ask health, human rights or development organisations to endorse the statement calling for effective safeguards against conflicts of interest. Large for-profit corporations and their front groups will be attending the Comprehensive Review and Assessment of the Progress achieved in the Prevention and Control…
NGO concerns about Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
19 November, 2014 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Roma, Italy FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Roma, Italy CLICK HERE FOR NEW LETTER MTG 11 Julyfinal3 CLICK HERE for background Papers CLICK here for a letter sent from…
Historic Resolution passed calling for a HR Treaty to hold corporations to account
Baby Milk Action and IBFAN are supporting the campaign for a new Treaty to hold corporations accountable for their Human Rights abuses. Baby Milk Action’s Policy Director, Patti Rundall, was in Geneva with IBFAN’s Geneva-based group, GIFA, FIAN other NGOs…
STOP Press New Human Rights treaty to be drafted
UN HRC vote-1 UN HRC vote and HERE Treaty Alliance Fantastic news This morning the Human Rights Council adopted the Ecuador resolution on the Elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human…
EU Health Council highlights breastfeeding and misleading marketing
20th June 2014 The EU Health Council adopted some important Conclusions on Nutrition and Physical Activity on Friday. Because of its importance to the economy, the EU seems to have chosen to ‘persuade’ rather than ‘regulate’ the food industry.’ In our view this overlooks…
US infant formula hospital stance ‘confuses’ domestic law and WHO Code
US infant formula hospital stance ‘confuses’ domestic law and WHO Code: UNICEF, PAHO By Mark Astley+ , 16-Jun-2014 The International Formula Council (IFC) “confuses” US law and the WHO Code when defending the practice of supplying free infant formula samples for hospital discharge bags, the…
UN General Assembly General Assembly: hearing on NCDs
General Assembly: Informal interactive hearing with NGOs, civil society organizations, the private sector and academia on the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) Round Table 2: “Mobilizing whole of society efforts for NCD prevention and control at…
Whistleblowing: Food Safety and Fraud
Whistleblowing FSM This is an excellent article, that should be read by all policy makers reprinted from Food Safety Magazine, June/July2014 by Yasmine Motarjemi. It makes an important case for supporting, rather than harassing whistleblowers. Yasmine Motarjemi, Ph.D., holds an M.Sc. degree in food…
Nestlé-sponsored conference cancelled following complaints
A major health conference in Scotland was cancelled last week following complaints about it being sponsored by Nestlé. Sunday Herald (1 June 2014) C&IT (2 June 2014) The Building A Healthier, Fairer Scotland conference was planned to take place at Dynamic…
Decisions taken by the World Health Assembly 2014
CLICK HERE http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA67/A67_R2-en.pdf Improved decision-making by the governing bodies The Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly, Having considered the report on improved decision-making by the governing bodies, 1 1. DECIDES to introduce webcasting of future public meetings of committees A and B…
IBFAN BFLG comments on EFSA Opinion on the essential composition of infant and follow-on formulae
24 April 2014 CLICK HERE for background papers Here are the IBFANBFLG comments on EFSA IBFAN and the Baby feeding law Group have submitted comments to EFSA’s public consultation on its draft Scientific Opinion on the essential composition of infant and…
Unhealthy diets greater threat to health than tobacco; UN expert calls for global regulation
For online version Click HERE GENEVA (19 May 2014) -The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, called today for a new global agreement to regulate unhealthy diets. “Unhealthy diets are now a greater threat to…
WHO Global Forum in Moscow. Tackling food-related diseases: voluntary measures or regulation – carrot or stick?
27th April, 2011 WHO Global Forum in Moscow. Tackling food-related diseases: voluntary measures or regulation – carrot or stick? Press Release PDF http://www.who.int/nmh/events/moscow_ncds_2011/conference_documents/presentations/en/index.html The World Health Organization’s global forum in Moscow on 27th April, Addressing the challenge of noncommunicable diseases, sparked concern…
European Parliamentarians oppose bogus baby food health claim
DHA briefing for MEPs DHA V13 European Parliamentarians oppose bogus baby food health claim 16 March, 2011 – 15:33 — Patti European Parliamentarians oppose bogus health claim 16th March – Brussels Members of the European Parliament have moved to block a…
How media reporting can derail health policy
Archive piece How media reporting can derail health policy 18 January, 2011 – 19:16 — Patti The debate about the value of the BMJ comment piece rages on, with misleading stories and headlines falsely implying that breastfeeding is a risk…
UNHCR uses ‘due diligence’ and abandons US$ 5 million deal with Nestlé
UNHCR uses ‘due diligence’ and abandons US$ 5 million deal with Nestlé Press release 23 November 2009 Baby Milk Action, colleagues in the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) and thousands of health campaigners around the world are sighing with…
European opinion on baby foods influenced by industry funding
Archive Press release European opinion on baby foods influenced by industry funding Press release 23 December 2009 Health advocates predict a decline in breastfeeding if a new opinion of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) which is at variance with…
EU Platform for Action launched today acknowledges that breastfeeding lowers the risk of obesity
EU Platform for Action launched today acknowledges that breastfeeding lowers the risk of obesity 15 March 2005 The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) [i] has accepted an invitation from the European Commission to join the European Platform for Action…
1997 The Nestlé Boycott is the best supported consumer boycott in the UK, according to an independent survey.
1997 The Nestlé Boycott is the best supported consumer boycott in the UK, according to an independent survey. The Nestlé boycott is at the top of ethical consumers’ boycott lists in the UK, according to a survey in the 50th…