Violations of code of marketing breast milk substitutes are common

Violations of code of marketing breast milk substitutes are common

The international code of marketing of substitutes for breast milk was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 to encouragemothers to breast feed and to ensure that women make informedchoices when deciding how to feed their babies. On p 1117 Taylorreports the results of a study investigating violations of thecode in four countries. Despite their stated support for the code,manufacturers of breast milk substitutes continue to provide freesamples of substitutes, bottles, and teats to health professionals.Health facilities play an important part in distributing thesesamples to pregnant women and mothers of infants. There is anurgent need for implementation and monitoring of the code nationally;the study protocol used to investigate these issues could be appliedeasily to other countries.

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Violations of the international code of marketing of breast milk substitutes: prevalence in four countries: Anna Taylor
BMJ 1998 316: 1117-1122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]