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Update archive

Update 41 (November 2008) and earlier

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Updates (newsletter - for boycott news summaries see below)

  • Update 41 (November 2008)
    • Melamine in baby milk scandal
    • Former MI6 agent ran Nestlé spy operation
    • UK law: High Court action and monitoring
    • Martek health claim rejected by EU scientific body.
  • Update 40 (November 2007)
    • UK coalition calls for strong formula law
    • Philippines bans health claims, protects infants
    • Research news: cancer, IQ and obesity
    Update 39 (April 2007)
    • Calorie overload and infant feeding
    • UN HIV policy changed on breastfeeding
    • Campaign to support the Philippines
    • UK Crackdown on illegal formula health claims
  • Update 38 (September 2006)
    • 25 years of the International Code
    • New EU rules threaten infant health
    • Tackling obesity: WHO growth charts, EU actions
  • Update 37 (December 2005)
    • 6 million lives saved every year
    • Formula researchers exploit HIV
    • Italian police seize formula
  • Update 36 (July 2005)
    • Resolution tackles health claims, sponsorship and labels
    • Sales fall as laws take effect
    • Botswana latest to legislate
  • Update 35 (December 2004)
    • European scientists advise against powdered formula for newborns
    • Campaign for the Code in Europe reaches critical phase
    • Monitoring evidence from 69 countries
  • Update 34 (March 2004)
    • Monitoring shows UK law being broken
    • Trading Standards officers take action
    • WHO warns of 'intrinsic contamination of infant formula'
  • Update 33 (Summer 2003)
    • Judge convicts Wyeth SMA of 'cynical and deliberate breach of regulations'
    • India toughens its law
    • It's official: UK recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months
  • Update 32 (December 2002)
    • UN Child Rights Committee tell UK to ban formula advertising
    • Pakistan law at last
    • Case Studies from 8 countries
    Update 31 (July 2002)
    • Nestlé looks for a miracle as sponsorship deal backfires
    • World Health Assembly success
    • Belgium death sparks safety questions
  • Update 30 (December 2001)
    • Infant feeding, trade and the EU
    • Nestlé and Wyeth target southern Africa
    • Donations of breastmil substitutes - more harm than good?
    • Brazil - inspirational policies tackle aggressive marketing practices
  • Update 29 (June 2001)
    • New WHA Resolution - 20 years on
    • Unethical research on HIV?
    • Breaking the Rules 2001
    • UK teachers reject commercialism
  • Update 28 (November 2000)
    • Pakistan latest
    • Focus on Ghana
    • UN partnerships with industry
  • Update 27 (May 2000)
    • Milking Profits - former Nestlé employee blows the whistle
    • EU Scientists declare their interests
  • Update 26 (December 1999)
    • Nestlé's new "monitoring" strategy evaluated
    • IBFAN Europe - joining East and West
    • Companies exploit EU directive
  • Update 25 (July 1999)
    • The big twelve companies uncovered
    • Industry to be investigated by MEPs
    • Nestlé loses ASA appeal
  • Update 24 (February 1999)
    • Infant feeding in the UK
    • Milk bank special
    • Export v. health in Ireland
    • IFM complains about IBFAN award
  • Update 23 (October 1998)
    • Making an impact
    • IBFAN receives award
    • Pakistan special report
    • EU Medical Directive causes alarm
  • Update 22 (June 1998)
    • Dialogue - who benefits?
    • New reports expose malpractice
    • Governments under attack
    • HIV and infant feeding
  • Update 21 (October 1997)
    • Companies target health workers
    • How industry shapes the world
    • UK law campaign renewed
  • Update 20 (February/March 1997)
    • India Special Report
    • 27 agencies publish new evidence
    • IBFAN's monitoring is vindicated
    • Nutricia conceals salmonella risk
  • Update 19 (August 1996)
    • Contaminants in UK baby milks
    • Nestlé on the loose in China
    • World Health Assembly says no to commercial sponsorship
  • Update 18 (March 1996)
    • Johnson and Johnson bottles out of India
    • Sponsorship - its impact on policy

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