Hi Morgan.  As far as I understand it, the US (reluctantly?) signed it but 
it is not a legal document so can't be "enforced."  Carolyn Schindewolf, 
Hamilton NJ
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From: "Morgan Gallagher" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:37 AM
Subject: The International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes


> Has anyone gone down the path of asking about The Code?/
>
> "The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes was adopted 
> by the World Health Assembly in 1981 as a "minimum requirement" to protect 
> infant health and is to be implemented "in its entirety." This document 
> introduces the key provisions of the International Code 
> <../resource/who/fullcode.html> and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of 
> the World Health Assembly <../resource/who/whares3332.html>."/
>
> 'The WHA comprises the Ministers of Health of the world's governments, and 
> their advisers, eminent experts in the field of public health or specific 
> health issues. Although the United States voted against the International 
> Code in 1981, thirteen years later the Clinton Administration endorsed the 
> Code in the WHA Resolution of 1994, giving the International Code the 
> support of every Member State of the WHA.'
>
> Giving out freebies is against Code.  As is several things routinely done 
> by companies in the USA.
>
> It is confusing to me why The Code isn't raised more within the USA 
> situation as it has signed - but I suspect I'm missing something BIG in 
> terms of the USA internal politics.  (Just like I'm only now understanding 
> that 'Texas' is a different country! :-)
>
> http://www.ibfan.org/english/issue/code01.html
>
> http://www.ibfan.org/english/issue/code02.html
>
> Morgan Gallagher
> (Who has posted this info twice today elsewhere, so WBW does seem to have 
> stirred something....)
>
>
> Naomi Bar-Yam wrote:
>> Wow! New York City and parts of Oregon have gone bagless. What a 
>> wonderful way to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. How can those of  us 
>> who live in less enlightened communities take advantage of this momentum? 
>> I think some of that will happen by itself without our intervention, but 
>> there must be ways we can help it along. The arguments for keeping bags 
>> are looking weaker and weaker in the press, to me at least.
>>
>> In Massachusetts, we were the first to propose such regulations, they 
>> even passed the public health board, only to be essentially vetoed by the 
>> then-governor, now presidential hopeful. A plan to open a large facility 
>> of pharmaceutical/formula company in our state was announced shortly 
>> after the veto. Time for Massachusetts and others to "get with the 
>> program." When the regulations were passed without the section about 
>> bags, I was told that they couldn't go back and revise the regs at this 
>> point. What other ways do we have to go bagless? Should we work on 
>> individual hospitals rather than the regulation route? What have others 
>> tried?
>>
>> Naomi Bar-Yam
>
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