BMJ 2007;335:794 (20 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.39367.616782.DB
News
Government should restrict advertising of baby milk products, say campaigners
Peter Moszynski
London
| The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below. |
Protestors are urging the UK government to tighten safeguards regarding the sale and marketing of infant formula, as the Food Standards Agency prepares to publish proposals for modifying the regulations that control these products.
Last December the agency altered its advice to warn that "powdered infant and follow-on formulas are not sterile, which means they can contain harmful bacteria. So it is important to take care when preparing and storing formula, to reduce the risk of babies becoming ill. Bacteria will be killed if formula is made up following the advice, which includes using water that is at least 70°C."
Now campaigners want the government to implement in full the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, which was passed by the World Health Assembly in 1981, because they claim that the existing regulations are too weak.
Michael O'Donnell, head of hunger reduction at Save the Children, said, "The law
CiteULike 
Complore 
Connotea 
Del.icio.us 
Digg 
Reddit 
Technorati What's this?
This article
- Full text
- Respond to this article
- Alert me when this article is cited
- Alert me when responses are posted
- Alert me when a correction is posted
Services
- Email this article to a friend
- Find similar articles in BMJ
- Find similar articles in PubMed
- Add article to my folders
- Download to citation manager
- Request Permissions
Citing Articles
Google Scholar
PubMed
Related content
Bookmark with
What's new
Latest blogs
Services
Tools
Online poll
Resources
Rapid responses for this article
There are no rapid responses for this article.Most read last week
Print issues
