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,… Read More »GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY: BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE MOST AT RISK
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… Read More »COP 29 – THREATS TO THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY – THE ROLE OF BREASTFEEDING
The harm caused by manufacturers of sweet processed baby foods is at last being exposed and prompting calls for transparency and regulation.
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… Read More »WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?
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… Read More »GETTING READY FOR 78TH WHA 2025: DIGITAL MARKETING AND NUTRITION TARGETS
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… 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 been attending Codex Nutrition meetings since 1995 when the World… Read More »PRESS RELEASE | YET MORE SWEETENED, PLASTIC-WRAPPED UPFS FOR CHILDREN COMING TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
The 44th Session of the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses will be held in Dresden Germany on 2 – 6 October… Read More »AT CODEX, IBFAN PROTECTING CHILD HEALTH FROM SWEETENED UPFS IN PLASTIC PACKAGING AND THEIR SNEAKY PROBIOTIC PROMISES!
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… Read More »COUNTERING INDUSTRY ARGUMENTS AGAINST CODE IMPLEMENTATION: EVIDENCE AND RIGHTS-BASED RESPONSES
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… Read More »600 DELEGATES FROM 66 COUNTRIES AT THE WPHN CONGRESS CHALLENGE CORPORATE POWER
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… Read More »COMPANY RECALLS BABY CEREAL AFTER TESTING SHOWS CONTAMINATION WITH CRONOBACTER
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… Read More »ABBOTT MUST PAY $495M IN INFANT FORMULA TRIAL FOR HIDING RISKS
#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… Read More »WBW 2024 WILL FOCUS ON SURVIVAL, HEALTH AND WELLBEING
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… Read More »IBFAN AND PUBLIC EYE URGE SWISS GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE, PETITION LAUNCHED
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… Read More »IN LONDON, IBFAN PARTICIPATES IN THE WORLD PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION CONGRESS 2024
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… Read More »MEXICO, BRAZIL, KENYA, LESOTHO AND BANGLADESH JOIN SIDE EVENT AT THE 77th WHA
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… Read More »IBFAN PARTICIPATION AT THE 77th WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
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… Read More »DIGITAL MARKETING IS OUT OF CONTROL – BRAZIL CALLS FOR A RESOLUTION TO PROTECT MOTHERS AND BABIES
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