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 Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and UNICEF claim.
Not exact matches
Not only are others in the process of producing A1
free milk but Happy Valley Dairy is on the cusp of investing $ 230m in an A2
infant formula plant in Otorohanga, to
supply a yet unnamed global
infant formula brand owner with New Zealand - sourced product.
The monitoring report Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2007 (the latest round - up of examples) has a section in the Nestlé profile on
free samples and
supplies, which includes:» «Nestlé pays to be allowed to
supply free Nan
infant formula to newborns in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.»
Free donations of commercially manufactured
Infant Milk (CMIM) and an unsafe water
supply, can lead to disaster, and death.
Nestlé had claimed that it markets
infant formula «ethically and responsibly», it said it did not distribute
free supplies of
infant formula and it implied it was committed to following the WHO Code.
This initiative set out to put an end to
free supplies of
infant formula that companies were giving to hospitals.
Nestlé is the only major
infant food company in developing countries which: — Does not give
free supplies of
infant formula to hospitals.
Fact: Breastfeeding directly from the breast offers significant benefits over bottlefeeding expressed breastmilk for both mother and
infant, including, among others:
infant jaw development,
infant control of milk flow, psychological attachment of
infant to mother, health benefits for mother that pumping the breast does not achieve,
infant's ability to feed on demand, the stimulation and maintenance of mother» smilk
supply that pumping alone can not achieve (and some women can not successfully pump), avoidance of problems such as that some babies will not move back and forth easily between bottle and breast, nutritional variation of milk during the breastfeeding, that it's cheaper and avoids the need for a variety of feeding equipment, and that breastmilk from the breast is always fresh and
free of contaminents.