Marketing of breast milk substitutes
Lancet 335(8698): 1151-1152
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736 PMID: 1971881 Document Number: 349046
This is a brief summary of a report by Action for Corporate Accountability, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, entitled 'The formula pushers - infant foods multinationals breaking the rules'. The report suggests that infant food multi-nationals are continuing to undermine breast-feeding through their aggressive marketing of formula milk throughout the Third World. It is claimed that at least 8 formula companies are violating the WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.