The response given in full below has been sent by Nestlé to members of the public who have raised concerns about
its baby food marketing practices during Nestlé - Free Week 26 October — 1 November 2015.
The following response has been sent by Nestlé to members of the public who have raised concerns about
its baby food marketing practices.
Baby Milk Action spoke to ask shareholders to also remember the babies that had died due to aggressive
baby food marketing practices that undermined breastfeeding.
The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes was adopted in 1981 and the UK government has repeatedly endorsed it through the adoption of subsequent Resolutions that address new
baby food marketing practices and changes in scientific knowledge.
Not exact matches
Public Eye Award 2005: Overwhelming winner of the «People's Choice» award for «for its
practice of
marketing baby food and formula in the developing world by encouraging women to use their products instead of nursing their children.»
Nestlé must state in writing that it will make the required changes to bring its
baby food marketing policy and
practice into line with the International Code and Resolutions (i.e. end its strategy of denial and deception).
Baby Milk Action will be joining partners in the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) in Geneva on 12 May to present the latest global report on baby food company marketing practi
Baby Milk Action will be joining partners in the International
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) in Geneva on 12 May to present the latest global report on baby food company marketing practi
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) in Geneva on 12 May to present the latest global report on baby food company marketing practi
Food Action Network (IBFAN) in Geneva on 12 May to present the latest global report on
baby food company marketing practi
baby food company marketing practi
food company
marketing practices.
The protests are because the company, which is the holder of a «Least Ethical Company» award (left), is criticised for
practices including destruction of water resources,
marketing baby foods inappropriately, trade union busting and other issues (click here).
The International
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) monitors baby food companies against marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly and finds Nestlé to violate these systematically in its policies and practi
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) monitors baby food companies against marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly and finds Nestlé to violate these systematically in its policies and practi
Food Action Network (IBFAN) monitors
baby food companies against marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly and finds Nestlé to violate these systematically in its policies and practi
baby food companies against marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly and finds Nestlé to violate these systematically in its policies and practi
food companies against
marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly and finds Nestlé to violate these systematically in its policies and
practices.
Nestlé, which has been designated as the «Least Ethical Company» globally, is infamous for
practices including destruction of water resources; aggressive
marketing of infant formula and other baby foods in violation of the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA resolutions; trade union busting and infiltrating public interest organizations critical of Nestlé's predatory p
marketing of infant formula and other
baby foods in violation of the World Health Organization's International Code of
Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA resolutions; trade union busting and infiltrating public interest organizations critical of Nestlé's predatory p
Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA resolutions; trade union busting and infiltrating public interest organizations critical of Nestlé's predatory
practices.
Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, Mike Brady, asked the Chairman (third from right on the platform, below), Directors and shareholders to reconsider the four - point plan put to the company repeatedly since 2001, which calls on the company to bring baby food marketing policies and practices into line with World Health Assembly requireme
Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, Mike Brady, asked the Chairman (third from right on the platform, below), Directors and shareholders to reconsider the four - point plan put to the company repeatedly since 2001, which calls on the company to bring
baby food marketing policies and practices into line with World Health Assembly requireme
baby food marketing policies and
practices into line with World Health Assembly requirements.
It is well known that Nestlé
markets baby foods with
practices that violate the requirements adopted by the World Health Assembly.
Don't allow yourself to be pressured to start solids by the
practices of other parents (or even your own past
practices with previous children), by the
marketing schemes of
baby food manufacturers, or by the often inaccurate «old wives tales» on
baby nutrition.
To prevent infant formula manufacturers from making extreme claims about the benefits of formula, organizations like UNICEF and WHO worked together to create regulations for the
marketing of breast milk alternatives, and in 1979, the International
Baby Food Network was formed, advocating for safe feeding
practices and the ethical
marketing of formula worldwide.
So for 25 years, Mr Brabeck has been at the centre of either setting Nestlé's
baby food marketing policies and
practices or attempting to justify these.
This growth comes from systematic violations of
baby milk marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly, according to the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which monitors company policies and practices around the wo
baby milk
marketing standards adopted by the World Health Assembly, according to the International
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which monitors company policies and practices around the wo
Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which monitors company policies and
practices around the world.
These related Resolutions were adopted to clarify the International Code in the light of new products and
marketing practices invented by the
baby food industry since the adoption of the Code in 1981.
«Finger
foods»
marketed for
babies, like puffs and biscuits, are nutritionally worthless but can be fun for
babies to
practice their pincer grasp.
«60 The dictionary entry mentions that, given the new
practice of feeding infants solids before the age of one year, «if [the Gerbers] were to begin manufacturing
baby foods, they would be bucking long - held traditions of
baby care, and had no idea of what their potential
market might be.
In
practice GAIN representatives lobby to weaken regulations to help its partner companies such as Danone (the world's second largest
baby food company), Mars, Pepsi and Coca Cola, to create
markets for processed
foods in low - income countries.9 When «
market led approaches» focus on
foods for infants and young children it is troubling.
A member of the European Parliament (MEP) has urged fellow politicians to support his objections to new rules on the
marketing of
baby foods, formulas and
foods for special medical purposes in a vote today, which he says fails to safeguard the
practice of breastfeeding.