Sentences with phrase «formula labels claiming»
She highlighted the deception of the strategy that had been on display at the shareholder meeting the previous year: logos on formula labels claiming the product will «protect» babies.
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One particular concern we are campaigning on at present is new formula labels Nestlé has rolled out around the world that claim its formula «protects».
The new guidelines will require sun protection formula labeling to have proven effectiveness against ultraviolet rays such as UVA and UVB to claim protection against skin cancers.
In April 2009 Nestlé unveiled its new marketing strategy for infant formula and other breastmilk substitutes — logos on labels claiming it «protects».
At past shareholder meetings, the Chair repeatedly defended promoting infant formula with strategies such as logos on labels claiming «protects» babies, despite knowing that babies fed on breastmilk substitutes are more likely to become sick than breastfed babies and, in conditions of poverty, more likely to die.
For example, Danone has pledged to remove the Immunofortis claims we highlighted in Update 43 (shown left) from all formula labels in all countries.
Claims made by the manufacturers of infant formula on labels and in their advertisements are marketing tools to glamourize these products.
«We find the case for labelling infant formula or follow on formula with health or nutrition claims entirely unsupportable.
Members of the European Parliament have moved to block a baby food company from using a health claim on labels of follow - on formula.
The most important being that Member states will not be allowed to stop advertising and promotional claims for formulas above 6 months (they can stop advertising of infant formula from birth) or stop the labelling of baby foods from 4 months (with 30 % sugar).
The WHO recommends that powdered formula be reconstituted at 70 degrees centigrade to kill E. sakazakii, but the Nestlé label tells parents to reconstitute their probiotic formula at 40 degrees in order to protect its «natrual cultures» claim, putting Canadian infants at risk for E. sakazakii infection.
The label below shows that Nestlé claims its BEBA Junior formula for use from 12 months of age is not a breastmilk substitute — despite the product being fed in a bottle (a surrogate breast) and its claim to support the recommendation of breastfeeding into the second year of life and beyond.
This is a laudable first step toward resolving an urgent public health issue: The current lack of oversight for infant formula manufacturers» labeling claims.
The Food and Drug Administration is considering tougher oversight of infant formula labeling and advertising to ensure that the often misleading «structure / function» claims companies make («comfort proteins»; «designed to be more like breast milk») are valid.
We need improved workplace accomodations, imporved maternity care practices, and improved consumer protections regarding infant formula labeling and marketing claims.
And in 2011, in the wake of heavy lobbying by infant - formula makers, the European Parliament fell short of the vote needed to prevent a disputed DHA claim from being made on formula labels.
put health and nutrition claims on labels (unless on a small list of permitted claims) or use other idealising text or images on infant formula (such as hearts, shields, animals)(RG 17 / GN 32).
In addition, labels can not make nutritional and health claims or include images that idealize infant formula.
«Let's not forget that the existing ban on such text and images on infant formula labels is routinely flouted by companies in many Member States, with images such as shields, polar bears and unauthorised health claims appearing.
Health Canada should decide if these ingredients should be in all formulas to eliminate the false and misleading claims for these additives and the highlighting of these additives on labels in the promotions by the formula industries.
Nestlé currently labels its infant formula around the world with idealising claims such as it is the «natural start» and «protects» babies.
Weighing in, Marsha Walker, executive director, National Alliance for Breastfeeding Advocacy, labelled IFC's earlier claims a «diversionary response... designed to shift responsibility from the formula manufacturers.»
This second best puppy food formula is made without any byproducts or meat meals, and the company claims this as «holistic» food, although this marketing term has no meaning under FDA and AAFCO pet food labeling requirements.