The fiery Malvina Walsh is speaking at this ALCI webinar in May, dont miss it! #EndExploitativeMarketing alcireland.ie/events/2yzLp...

This BMJ Group news piece explains clearly why this is deeply problematic: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

If you care about protecting infant feeding from commercialisation, we suggest you avoid this publisher, the journal and the survey.

#EndExploitativeMarketing #CoI #CDoH

Important post
#ConflictsOfInterest
#EndExploitativeMarketing

See the First Steps Nutrition Trust website: www.firststepsnutrition.org/what-you-can-do

You can read the full BMJ article here: doi.org/10.1136/bmj....

#EndExploitativeMarketing #BMSCode #WHOCode #BabiesBeforeBottomlines #BabiesBeforeProfits #infantformula #formulafeeding

One straightforward action the U.K. Government could do today - adopt the 11 recommendations of the CMA on regulating misleading marketing in full. This would disrupt the blatant profiteering we have seen from formula companies recently.
#BabiesBeforeProfits
#EndExploitativeMarketing
#WBW2025

How pulling out of a long-planned new infant formula standard left the government with an expensive problem When Andrew Hoggard announced NZ would set its own infant formula standard, he knew it would be "complex", "costly" and "require significant resources".

New Zealand government abandoned infant formula regulations because big multinational baby milk maker Danone Nutricia NZ want a free rein for dodgy marketing to mums in China. Babies before bottom lines please #endexploitativemarketing #china #newzealand www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

Why baby formula is in Knowsley Council's sights for advert ban - BBC News The council aims to prevent the marketing of "health harming or misleading products".

Excellent work Knowsley council - marketing of formula milks undermines #breastfeeding AND safe & appropriate formula feeding too. Eg. Parents choosing what they perceive as the best (expensive) brand & then diluting it to make it last longer. #EndExploitativeMarketing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Campaigners call for urgent action to protect infants from unhealthy food It follows the findings of Leeds University research, featured in the BBC Panorama investigation The Truth About Baby Food.

👀 the pressure mounts…. Proud to have signed this letter
Campaigners call for urgent action to protect infants from unhealthy food #KidsAreSweetEnough #EndExploitativeMarketing www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

⚠️L’information parentale ne peut pas rester entre les mains de l’industrie.
Il est urgent de limiter l'influence commerciale sur l'alimentation infantile.

Nos revendications dont l'abolissement de l'influence du marketing :
🔗 protegeonsnosnourrissons.org/project/club...

#EndExploitativeMarketing

Tell your MP: Stand up for healthy baby food | Sustain Our supermarket baby food aisle is full of snacks and pouches high in sugar and low on nutrition. Parents are being misled. Take action today to demand better regulation of the commercial baby food in...

I just asked my MP to stand up for healthier baby food. You can too - www.sustainweb.org/news/action-...

#KidsAreSweetEnough #EndExploitativeMarketing

@childrensfood.bsky.social @sustainweb.org @oha-updates.bsky.social @foodfoundation.bsky.social @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social

👀Panorama tomorrow night (8pm) investigates ‘the truth about baby food pouches’

📻📺I’ll be on BBC 5Live at 7.10am, R4 Today at 7.40am & BBC Breakfast at 8.30am giving my views informed by our work on commercial baby & toddler foods over the last decade
#KidsAreSweetEnough
#EndExploitativeMarketing

#EndExploitativeMarketing @who.int @maritahennessy.bsky.social @philbakernz.bsky.social @mathisenroger.bsky.social @stuartgillespie.bsky.social

L’industrie des préparations commerciales pour nourrisson ne recule devant rien pour protéger ses intérêts.

Elle capitalise sur les moments décisifs de la parentalité grâce à des stratégies marketing élaborées.

Ces pratiques soulèvent de sérieuses questions éthiques.
#EndExploitativeMarketing

How multinational dairy companies convinced ministers to back away from new rules for baby formula Tougher guidelines were 11 years in the making. But for multinational dairy companies, profits were at stake.

Fascinating insights into lobbying by NZ dairy giants to reduce Govt regulations that would have protected parents and babies from milk formula marketing. 
#EndExploitativeMarketing www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Editorial published yesterday, & CMA report into the UK formula market out today, recommending stronger regulation & better enforcement www.gov.uk/cma-cases/in... #EndExploitativeMarketing
@1stepsnutrition.bsky.social @globalhealthnut.bsky.social @andrea-gideon.bsky.social @unicefuk.bsky.social

3. Improve provision sufficient, clear, authoritative & impartial advice on infant formulas to counteract company advertising & better enable parents to make informed decisions feeding babies & young children.
4. Impose price controls on necessary commercial milk formulas #EndExploitativeMarketing

Read the @acccgovau.bsky.social decision below. Will the industry led by Nestle & Danone appeal? Self regulation will continue to operate if it does. @MrRexPatrick.bsky.social The attempt to #endexploitativemarketing is policy of all Oz governments @markbutlermp.bsky.social @who.int

The baby formula industry is exploiting us – and parents are paying the price Families across the UK are struggling with the rising cost of feeding their infants. As the Competition and Markets Authority prepares to release its final report, Dayna Brackley explores the shocking...

#formula co profiteering exposed by #CMA using our infant formula cost data, is risking infant health. Our Govt need to bring prices down, across the board, in the long term. 🔑to this is strengthening & enforcing marketing regulations #EndExploitativeMarketing
www.independent.co.uk/voices/baby-...

TLDR: #formula companies in the UK routinely disregard UK regulations on labelling. The result? Missing warnings, misleading claims, cross promotion.. ultimately threatening infant health. Shameful. #EndExploitativeMarketing
@gwynnemp.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social

Recommendations:
- UK law has to be better enforced
- UK law should be strengthened in line with ‘the Code’, to protect breastfeeding AND support safer, appropriate formula feeding AND reduce lessen commercial influence on infant feeding practices
#EndExploitativeMarketing

Key finding: LOW compliance with UK legislation & Guidance notes by ALL manufacturers, across ALL products & brands of infant and follow-on formula in the UK, companies are using labels for marketing purposes #EndExploitativeMarketing

Midwifery conference criticised for repeatedly accepting formula milk sponsorship The British Journal of Midwifery ’s annual conference is again being sponsored by formula milk companies, despite clinicians and nutritionists repeatedly raising concerns about the practice which flou...

www.bmj.com/content/388/... #EndExploitativeMarketing

Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown A controversial scheme in which midwives paid by a leading formula milk company have been providing infant feeding advice to new parents has been axed after an outcry. The initiative, hosted by the s...

Unethical infant feeding service is axed in Tesco climbdown www.bmj.com/content/388/... @skinnock.bsky.social @gwynnemp.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @bfn-uk.bsky.social @childrensfood.bsky.social #EndExploitativeMarketing

We will continue to call out #ConflictsOfInterest so women & families are enabled to feed their babies without undue commercial pressure
#EndExploitativeMarketing @gwynnemp.bsky.social @skinnock.bsky.social @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social

✅Associations between health professionals & formula companies serve to endorse brands & creates brand familiarity & recognition. This inappropriate marketing strategy has been used by companies for years. #EndExploitativeMarketing

The midwife who alerted is to this unethical marketing, said no to this job she needed because of the obvious conflict of interest. This is how we #EndExploitativeMarketing thank you @rebeccacoombes.bsky.social

Danone’s use of midwives to give branded infant feeding advice in supermarket sparks anger Campaigners for impartial nutritional advice are dismayed at a service that seems to be adopting marketing tactics dubbed scandalous 50 years ago. Rebecca Coombes reports The UK supermarket giant Tes...

Delighted our support to expose issues with this pilot have lead to its discontinuation. UK laws need upgrading in line with #BMSCode to protect the health of all infants however they are fed #EndExploitativeMarketing #NutSky 🛟
@gwynnemp.bsky.social
@skinnock.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/388/...

In #BflgUk news
👉our response to #CMA interim #formula market study #EndExploitativeMarketing
And lastly....
👉Our NEW 'Eating Well for pregnant & breastfeeding women, infants & young children living in Temporary Accommodation' will be published any day now...

News & Publications — First Steps Nutrition Trust Keep up-to-date with the latest news including First Steps Nutrition Trust statements and press releases

🎄ICYMI our Dec newsletter is here: www.firststepsnutrition.org/news#news-ba... featuring:
👉@bmj.com investigation on unhealthy food industry infiltration of our schools & nurseries (& a linked OpEd by me #VickySibson focusing on commercial baby foods) #EndExploitativeMarketing #CoI

Food industry has infiltrated UK children’s education: stealth marketing exposed BMJ investigation reveals widespread influence of food and drink brands in schools and nurseries—through breakfast clubs, nutrition guidance, and healthy eating campaigns. Experts say the tactics requ...

"Industry influence in the early years: Ella’s Kitchen’s sensory food play bus" bmj.com/content/387/...
#EndConflictsOfInterest #EndExploitativeMarketing #EarlyYears #NutSky @foodfoundation.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @daynabrackley.bsky.social @alimorpeth.bsky.social