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…
Comment defending the Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development, Inc. (ITSSD)
Comment posted to my blog The comment given below was posted to my Blog, Stop TTIP – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership by someone calling themselves ‘Informed Counsel’ and giving their URL as http://www.itssd.org/. ITSSD is the Institute for Trade, Standards and…
WHO Food and Nutrition Action Plan for Europe
WHO nutrition Plan Regional Committee for Europe EUR/RC64/14 64th session + EUR/RC64/Conf.Doc./8 Copenhagen, 15–18 September 2014 24 June 2014 European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015–2020 The intention of the Action Plan is to significantly reduce the burden…
Useful developments at the Codex Commission
REPORT OF THE SIXTY-NINTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, 8 -11 July 2014 and 14-18 July 201 Full report here: ftp://ftp.fao.org/codex/reports/Reports_2014/Rep14_EXe.pdf Thanks to the IBFAN Codex team for spotting the many useful…
Say NO to formula company sponsorship
Nestlé entered the mainstream UK formula market in December 2012 when it completed its takeover of the SMA brand. We are now seeing the aggressive marketing practices it uses around the world in the UK, driving down standards for the…
Calendar 2014
See the pictures and order on the Calendar section of our Virtual Shop. Please give your views on the pictures and calendar here. If you have images you would like to be considered for a future calendar, please contact us.
Letter from Director of UN corporate accountability initiative reveals its lack of integrity, says Baby Milk Action
Baby Milk Action press release 15 July 2014 Baby Milk Action, a campaign group that monitors the baby food industry against United Nations marketing standards, says it has received a letter (dated 9 July 2014) from the Executive Director of…
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Baby Milk Action’s readers will be aware of our concerns about the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) – both of which are part funded by the foundation set up by the software giant, Bill Gates. The…
New statement by the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
In its latest session, the Human Rights Council appointed Mr. Dainius Puras from Lithuania as the third Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. http://www.kractivist.org/new-special-rapporteur-to-health-appointed-by-the-human-rights-council/ — “The activities…
Tour de France provides opportunity to promote Nestle boycott
Baby Milk Action press release 7 July 2014 The Tour de France is visiting Cambridge today and is sponsored by Nestlé Perrier Vittel bottled water, presenting an ideal opportunity for campaign group Baby Milk Action to promote the boycott of…
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…
UN Global Compact Office says it has no role to play in protecting integrity of initiative as Nestle continues to violate its principles
Baby Milk Action press release 2 July 2014 Baby Milk Action has today sent an open letter to the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, George Kell, over the failure of the Global Compact Office to hold Nestlé to account for…