The (CCNFSDU44) 44th Codex Nutrition Committee meeting began with testing a new draft prioritising system where Codex members and observers were asked to assess and score the… 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 baby food products marketed in lower-income countries. It was handed over today at the multinational’s headquarters in Vevey
IBFAN – the global citizens network that has been protecting child health since 1979, has been attending Codex Nutrition meetings since 1995 when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was established and was mandated to refer to Codex Standards in trade disputes.
The 44th Session of the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses will be held in Dresden Germany on 2 – 6 October 2024. The Plenary discussions as well as the physical working group meetings will be broadcast live
This resource for policymakers and breastfeeding advocates presents the 36 most common arguments the baby food industry uses to oppose Code legislation, alongside responses and counter-arguments
One year before the end of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, Westminster has held the World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 in collaboration with the World Public Health Nutrition Association.
This is the second infant food recall in Canada just this month. Following the recent discovery of Cronobacter contamination in Gerber cereals, it’s now Baby Gourmet Foods Inc. that is pulling an infant cereal from the market after tests confirmed the presence of the same bacteria
Why is all the funding going into risky trials instead of support for breastfeeding, donor milk banking or Kangaroo Mother Care? n the second court case to find against an infant formula company in the US this year, Abbott has been fined $495 million ($95 m punitive damages, $400 compensatory damages)
#WBW2024 will focus on survival, health and wellbeing. It will showcase the need to improve breastfeeding support to reduce inequalities that exist in our society with a special focus on breastfeeding in times of emergencies
The release in April of the Public Eye/IBFAN exposé of how Nestlé markets Cerelac and Nido as beneficial for child development, despite containing high levels of added sugar have prompted widespread
The World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 is being held one year before the end of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The Congress will question the current global solutions to addressing
During the 77th WHA, Member States and Civil Society Organizations got together to highlight the concerning rise of aggressive digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes, shedding light on its pervasive and misleading impact
The 77th WHA is being held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27 May – 1 June 2024. 27 countries will table a Resolution on Digital marketing of baby foods at the 78th WHA.
Nestlé’s leading baby-food brands, promoted in low- and middle-income countries as healthy and key to supporting young children’s development, contain high levels of added sugar.
At WHO’s Executive Board (EB) meeting in its Geneva HQ last week, the many serious emergencies caused by conflicts and climate events were on everyone’s minds. IBFAN’s role was, once more, to remind everyone of the importance of addressing conflicts of interest and safeguarding and supporting women who want to breastfeed
Protection of breastfeeding throughout all WHO local offices – especially from new strategies such as digital marketing that is out of control. WHO has a key role in ensuring policy coherence in WTO and Codex trade rules.
2024 is a reporting year for Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition so Digital Marketing will be discussed under the “Healthier Populations” agenda item. With so many serious emergencies caused by conflicts
The baby food industry is believed to be acting true to form in Sri Lanka – and seems to have succeeded in blocking and delaying the implementation of new Labelling and Advertising regulations until 2025.
IBFAN has been attending the 46th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC46), the United Nations body created in 1963 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the FAO to develop global food standards.
The notion that the current corporate-led food system is not only safe, but is the only feasible way forward – must be challenged and is why IBFAN takes an active part in negotiations at Codex, the UN Global standards setting body
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