Protected: HIGH LEVELS OF ARSENIC, CADMIUM, LEAD AND OTHER TOXIC ELEMENTS ARE STILL MEASURED IN BABY MILKS AND CEREALS
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WHO Member States call for the regulation of Digital marketing of baby foods
In the face of the budgetary and political crisis following the USA withdrawal from WHO, the EB 156 remained strong in its core constitutional purpose to help governments protect the health of all citizens and recommended forwarding a Draft Resolution on regulating the digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes.
WHO to discuss regulation of Digital Marketing of breastmilk substitutes at the 156th Executive Board Meeting
Brazil is leading countries like Mexico, Norway, Lesotho lead initiative to curb abusive digital marketing practices targeting breastmilk substitutes.
IBFAN PARTICIPATES IN THE SERIES OF POLICY DEBATES HOSTED BY THE GENEVA GLOBAL HEALTH HUB (G2H2) – AHEAD OF WHO EB 156
January 15, 2025 (Updated January 29, 2025) More about this session: 20-24 January 2025 – Ahead of the 156th session of the WHO Executive Board (Geneva,… Read More »IBFAN PARTICIPATES IN THE SERIES OF POLICY DEBATES HOSTED BY THE GENEVA GLOBAL HEALTH HUB (G2H2) – AHEAD OF WHO EB 156
THAILAND BANS ADVERTISING FOR TODDLER MILK
With new rules, Thailand joins three dozen countries that have taken steps to regulate toddler milk ads. The action follows a ProPublica investigation that detailed how the U.S. helped the formula industry fight regulation in 2017.
CODEX OPENS THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF EMERGENCIES – AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLE
IBFAN warned that without extra safeguards, the new Codex Guidelines would open the door to commercial exploitation. A few weeks later, Patrick Begley of the Sidney Morning Herald exposed how an Australian corporation Little Etoile handed out formula in Vietnam as an “Act of Love”
PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?
The Global Plastics treaty failed to reach a consensus in Busan, Republic of Korea. The day before, the CAC47, the WHO/FAO global food standards setting body, ended its meeting in Geneva
LIFE LONG RISKS OF SUGARS IN BABY FOODS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS PROMPT CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATION
Researchers from the University of Southern California have found that cutting sugar in the first 1,000 days of a baby’s life – from conception to the age of two – appears to reduce the risk of developing significant health issues in adult life, with a 30% reduction in the risk of obesity
GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY: BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE MOST AT RISK
Babies, young children and their mothers are most at risk from toxic chemicals contained in plastics. Plastic pollution harms their physical, intellectual and reproductive health, both now and in the future. Yet they have no voice to express the problems they face.
COP 29 – THREATS TO THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY – THE ROLE OF BREASTFEEDING
The threats to the world’s food supply are numerous and often interconnected, threatening food safety and security for decades to come. What follows is a list of the main threats, and an argument for why breastfeeding[1] is one of the measures needed to counter them.
CODEX DITHERS ON SUGAR AND OPENS DOOR TO RISKY LABELLING IN EMERGENCIES
The harm caused by manufacturers of sweet processed baby foods is at last being exposed and prompting calls for transparency and regulation.
WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?
Among the issues to be discussed at CCFL is a proposal for new work from the USA calling for flexibility and exemptions for the labelling of food aid. We will be opposing this. Governments have the sovereign right to adopt any legislation they consider necessary to protect health as long as it does not violate international trade principles
GETTING READY FOR 78TH WHA 2025: DIGITAL MARKETING AND NUTRITION TARGETS
IBFAN is supporting Brazil’s Zero Draft Resolution on Digital Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes that we hope will be adopted with no weakening at the 78th World Health Assembly next May.
EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS
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
PROTEST AT VEVEY: MORE THAN 100,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST NESTLÉ’S DOUBLE STANDARD OVER ADDED SUGAR IN BABY FOOD
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
PRESS RELEASE | YET MORE SWEETENED, PLASTIC-WRAPPED UPFS FOR CHILDREN COMING TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
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.
AT CODEX, IBFAN PROTECTING CHILD HEALTH FROM SWEETENED UPFS IN PLASTIC PACKAGING AND THEIR SNEAKY PROBIOTIC PROMISES!
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
COUNTERING INDUSTRY ARGUMENTS AGAINST CODE IMPLEMENTATION: EVIDENCE AND RIGHTS-BASED RESPONSES
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
600 DELEGATES FROM 66 COUNTRIES AT THE WPHN CONGRESS CHALLENGE CORPORATE POWER
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.
COMPANY RECALLS BABY CEREAL AFTER TESTING SHOWS CONTAMINATION WITH CRONOBACTER
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
