With parents’ trust in commercial food systems eroded, the global network IBFAN will urge governments at WHO’s Executive Board meeting in Geneva to take the lead and ensure that families are better protected
Powdered formula is NOT sterile and requires strict manufacturing controls, transparent testing, rapid warning and support for families. The number of contamination outbreaks in recent years highlights systemic failures in formula production, regulatory surveillance, recall systems and crisis communication
Recalls expose serious failures in the production, regulation and marketing of powdered formula, highlighting the need to strengthen breastfeeding.
As part of the G2H2 series of Policy Debates from 19-23rd January, IBFAN will host a webinar Wednesday
Soon after the ByHeart recall of its Powdered Infant Formulas (PIF) in the USA because of risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination, 60+ countries have recalled specific batches of Nestlé’s infant, follow-on, pre-term… Read More »Nestlé’s credibility questioned as formulas recalled in 60+ countries over contamination risk
IBFAN, ENCA and the WPHNA joined the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene the UN food standard-setting body whose Guidelines and standards form the basis of national legislation.
Capitalising on Trump’s Make America Healthy Again agenda, the new US company ByHeart has been promoting its infant formulas direct to consumers via global platforms such as Amazon, claiming its products are pure, healthy, “filled with ingredients backed by breast milk science in every scoop”…
More than 50 years since the baby formula scandal, a new investigation focusing on Africa shows that, regarding sugar, a similar malpractice continues. In contrast to India where, after our initial revelations, Nestlé has adapted its product range…
The baby food issue has rightly earned Nestlé the “baby killer” label. As the market leader, Nestlé’s refusal to abide by the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent WHA Resolutions remains a serious threat to infant and young child health and survival.
IBFAN attended the 48th Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in Rome, once more raising the need for greater protection of children and due diligence in the scientific process. For the first time Ultra Processed Foods (UPF) were on the Codex agenda, reflecting the growing concern of the harm to human and planetary caused by these products.
Severe and increasing droughts caused by the climate crisis exacerbate water shortages and environmental pollution. As COP 30 opens in Brazil, IBFAN’s Statement ‘Nestlé Water Scandals’ addresses the exploitation of scarce water resources for profit
Over the past four decades, IBFAN has led the criticism of Nestlé’s marketing of commercial baby foods and has provided monitoring information to UN agencies and institutions, many of whom have ended collaborations with Nestlé
In 2025, the global prevalence of obesity among school-age children and adolescents exceeded underweight for the first time. This dramatic shift in the face of malnutrition jeopardizes the health and future potential of children, communities and nations.
The breast pump manufacturer, Medela, has been contacting breastfeeding support organisations around the world saying that they have stopped producing and selling dummies/pacifiers since November 2024 and that they discontinued the sale of feeding bottles and teats in July 2025
The lack of food, and medical supplies that mothers and families of Gaza face is catastrophic. The situation in the Sudan and many other countries is also horrific. IBFAN urges the UN and everyone in the International Community to act now to end all genocide, weaponisation of food, bombing and the targeting of children and health facilities.
IBFAN calls for urgent action to restrict the production and use of plastics that pollute our planet and damage human health. Tiny plastic particles, known as microplastics, contain toxic chemicals that contaminate soil, water and processed foods
WBW 2025 will focus on environment and climate change. It will highlight our roles in supporting breastfeeding to create a sustainable environment while simultaneously reducing the impact of climate change caused by artificial feeding.
The seminar was held as a side event during the 78th World Health Assembly, which took place from 19 to 24 May 2025 in Geneva, at the Palais des Nations, bringing together nearly 200 Ministers of Health.
In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) to tackle the digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods.
After more than four decades working to prevent child illness, suffering and death, IBFAN is well aware of the pain that each loss causes. In more than 160 countries our network has worked in adverse conditions…
We are a global network which has worked tirelessly to combat misleading commercial promotion and protect breastfeeding, a vital pillar for children’s well-being.
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