Trade vs Health – global meeting fails to safeguard infant and young child health Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary UsesBali, Indonesia 24-28th November 2014 CLICK HERE for PDF version Infant and young child feeding was once…
News from Codex in Bali
Codex Nutrition meeting in Bali. CLICK HERE for papers The IBFAN team is facing big challenges at the Codex meeting in Bali. The most important is perhaps the proposal for a revision of the Follow-up Formula (FUF) Standard. Many countries including India,…
Italy arrests doctors suspected of taking bribes to discourage breast feeding
STOP PRESS Following the exposure of the paediatricians arrested for bribery in Tuscany, (see below) the local Minister of Health yesterday signed a protocol with UNICEF for the promotion of BFH-BFC I and gave as a present to all the…
Nourishing – new policy database
Below is a message from Corinna Hawkes of the World Cancer Research Fund International about a new policy database called Nourishing Dear colleagues, As the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) approaches (19-21 November), we’re pleased to let you know that…
Nestlé to promote its bottled water in EXPO 2015
IBFAN called on EXPO 2015 to stop Nestlé promotion IBFAN has written to Ambassador Nicolas Bideau, Director of Présence Suisse, the organisation responsible for the image of Switzeland abroad, about the upcoming Swiss Pavillion at the EXPO 2015 exhibition in Milan. IBFAN points…
How does the Gates Foundation spend its money to feed the world?
New from GRAIN | 4 November 2014 How does the Gates Foundation spend its money to feed the world? Since the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation added “feeding the world” to its objectives almost a decade ago, it has channelled…
Transnational Misconduct Must End
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…
All that glitters is not gold – The Truth about GE ‘Golden’ Rice
See the new Greenpeace expose. Velvet Here from IBFAN’s group in the Philippines, Arugaan, is interviewed (8.12m) You can also view the video using this link http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/agriculture/problem/genetic-engineering/Greenpeace-and-Golden-Rice/ or HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxSGKD50ioE The trailer can be viewed here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhOjpJqn-Ws The trailer has been…
Tigers to roar in Indian theatres on March 6, 2015
Official Tigers press release – November 1st, 2014; MUMBAI: Danis Tanovic’s much-awaited festival-acclaimed film, Tigers starring Bollywood star Emraan Hashmi in his first international project, will release in theatres on March 6, 2015. Produced by Prashita Chaudhary of Cinemorphic, co-produced…
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
Nestle India summoned for violating IMS Act – Hindustan Times CLICK HERE http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/nestle-india-summoned-for-violating-ims-act/article1-1279876.aspx Sunday, November 02, 2014 HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times Rohtak, October 28, 2014 Nestle India summoned for violating IMS Act Chief judicial magistrate Lokesh Gupta, on Tuesday,…
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…