IBFAN, ENCA and WPHNA are calling for the draft Codex guidelines on food fraud to… Read More »Upcoming Codex meetings on Nutrition, Food Hygiene and food fraud
IBFAN has submitted comments at Step 4 of the proposed Codex standard, calling for strict… Read More »IBFAN calls for strong safeguards in the draft Codex standard on foods for older infants and young children
IBFAN’s concerns regarding the prevention and control of food fraud are primarily focussed on labelling… Read More »Food fraud: examples of misleading and deceptive labelling and marketing
Sessions will take place from Monday, 2 November to Wednesday, 4 November 2026, and the… Read More »Upcoming Codex Nutrition meeting in Nuremberg: CCNFSDU45
CAC49 meets in Geneva next week to decide on new standards, including controversial US-proposed guidelines… Read More »Labelling guidelines pushed by the USA risk child health and survival
We are hoping to halt the adoption of a proposal promoted by the USA that… Read More »IBFAN opposes flexible labelling during emergencies – CAC49
IBFAN will be attending the 49th session of the Codex Labelling Committee in Ottawa, Canada… Read More »Codex Labelling – risky proposals for emergencies
With parents’ trust in commercial food systems eroded, the global network IBFAN will urge governments at WHO’s Executive… Read More »New Resolution needed to protect babies from intrinsic contamination
Powdered formula is NOT sterile and requires strict manufacturing controls, transparent testing, rapid warning and… Read More »Formula companies in crisis – Nestlé, Danone, Lactalis and Hochdorf
IBFAN, ENCA and the WPHNA joined the Codex Committee on Food Hygiene the UN food… Read More »Codex agrees to work on Botulinum contamination
IBFAN attended the 48th Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in Rome, once more raising the need… Read More »CAC48 – Protecting independent science at Codex
With new rules, Thailand joins three dozen countries that have taken steps to regulate toddler… Read More »THAILAND BANS ADVERTISING FOR TODDLER MILK
IBFAN warned that without extra safeguards, the new Codex Guidelines would open the door to… Read More »CODEX OPENS THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF EMERGENCIES – AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLE
The Global Plastics treaty failed to reach a consensus in Busan, Republic of Korea. The… Read More »PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?
Researchers from the University of Southern California have found that cutting sugar in the first 1,000… Read More »LIFE LONG RISKS OF SUGARS IN BABY FOODS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS PROMPT CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATION
The harm caused by manufacturers of sweet processed baby foods is at last being exposed… Read More »CODEX DITHERS ON SUGAR AND OPENS DOOR TO RISKY LABELLING IN EMERGENCIES
Among the issues to be discussed at CCFL is a proposal for new work from… Read More »WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?
The (CCNFSDU44) 44th Codex Nutrition Committee meeting began with testing a new draft prioritising system where Codex… Read More »EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS
105,000 people have signed a petition calling on Nestlé to stop adding sugar to its… Read More »PROTEST AT VEVEY: MORE THAN 100,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST NESTLÉ’S DOUBLE STANDARD OVER ADDED SUGAR IN BABY FOOD
IBFAN – the global citizens network that has been protecting child health since 1979, has… Read More »PRESS RELEASE | YET MORE SWEETENED, PLASTIC-WRAPPED UPFS FOR CHILDREN COMING TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
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