Saturday, 08 November 2008 12:01
The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nation Childrens Fund say that reversing the decline in breastfeeding could save 1.5 million lives every year. The World Health Assembly has adopted marketing requirements for baby foods to protect breastfeeding and to ensure breastmilk substitutes are used safely if necessary.
Nestlé aggressively promotes artificial infant feeding around the world, undermining breastfeeding and breaking the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. Monitoring shows it to be responsible for more violations of the requirements than any other company.
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) says "The global monitoring report exposes new strategies used by the baby food industry to idealize their products and undermine breastfeeding. The Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2007 report contains results from 67 countries where companies were evaluated against World Health Assembly marketing requirements introduced since 1981. The report shows that Nestlé, the target of an international boycott and dominant market player, continues widespread violations. It also reveals that the failure to regulate such practices has encouraged other companies, such as the huge NUMICO group, to use similar practices to obtain what NUMICO calls ‘stomach share' from competitors and from breastfeeding."Nestlé makes a profit while others count the cost. Boycott Nescafé until Nestlé agrees to fully abide by WHO International Code and Regulations.
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Nescafé is Nestlé's flagship product. Other Nestlé brands to boycott are: |
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| Drinks | Confectionery | Dairy Products | Spreads & Pickles |
| Nescafe | Kit Kat | Coffee-Mate | Sun-Pat |
| Perrier | Polo | Tip-Top | Branston Pickle |
| Ashbourne Water | Aero | Chambourcy | Tartex vegetable |
| Buxton Water | Yorkie | Carnation | paté in tubes |
| Vittel | Smarties | Fussells | Gales honey |
| Libby's brand | Fruit Pastilles | Ideal | Sarsons vinegars |
| Milo | Lion Bar | Simply Double | Waistline |
| Slender | Toffee Crisp | LCI | Dufrais |
| Um Bongo | Rolo | Lyons Maid ice cream | |
| Nesquik | After Eights | Pet foods | |
| Milky Bar | Friskies | ||
| Cereals | Quality Street | Processed Meals | Go-Cat |
| Shredded Wheat | Black Magic | Buitoni | Go-Dog |
| Shreddies | Fox's Glacier Mints | Crosse & Blackwell | Spillers |
| Force | Walnut Whip | Maggi | |
| Golden Grahams | Dairy box | Lean Cuisine | Cosmetics |
| Fibre 1 | Matchmakers | Rowntrees Jellies | L'Oreal/Maybelline |
| Cheerios | Blue Riband | Herta | Lancome |
| Golden Nuggets | Willy Wonka | Laboratoires Gamier | |
Find out more about the Campaign Against Nestlé at the Baby Milk Action Website
Read the The WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes here