We are hoping to halt the adoption of a proposal promoted by the USA that calls for guidelines to allow flexibility regarding product labelling and ingredients for emergencies.
In response to calls from WHO Member States, IBFAN, ILCA and health advocates about the recent crisis of contaminated commercial formulas, WHO and the FAO have begun the process to update their risk assessments and scientific advice
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)
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