Some info from the code, from ibfan website.
Article 7: Health workers
Companies are restricted to providing scientific and factual information
No free samples unless for professional evaluation or institutional research
Funding must not create conflicts of interest, but if company funding is
accepted it must be declared. Inducements to promote products are banned
Article 7 sets out the following principles:

"those who are concerned...with maternal and infant nutrition should make
themselves familiar with...the Code" (Article 7.1)

"Information provided by manufacturers and distributors to health
professionals...should be restricted to scientific and factual matters and
should not imply or create the belief that bottle-feeding is equivalent or
superior to breastfeeding and must include the information set out in
Article 4.2" (Article 7.2)

"No financial or material inducements to promote products...should be
offered...to health workers or members of their families, nor should these
be accepted..." (Article 7.3)
"Samples...of products within the scope of this Code...should not be
provided...unless for professional evaluation or research at the
institutional level..." (Article 7.4).

Companies "should disclose to the institution...any contribution made....for
fellowships...grants...or the like....Similar disclosures should be made by
the recipient." (Article 7.5).

The World Health Assembly Resolution 49.15 further calls for measures to
ensure that, "the financial support for professionals working in infant and
young child health does not create conflicts of interest."

Laurie Wheeler, IBCLC, MN, RN
New Orleans Louisiana, s.e. USA


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