Hello Everyone Mike Brady (Baby Milk Action - IBFAN) has started this petition re: A new law is being pushed by Nestlé, Wyeth and their partners, which will drastically weaken legislation introduced in 2007. If Nestlé's law is adopted by Congress, it will allow companies to advertise products, target mothers directly and remove warnings from labels. Even the requirement to translate instructions into Filipino will go. The Philippine's Department of Health, WHO and UNICEF issued a statement on 1 September condemning the proposed law, stating it: "aims to support multinational companies while damaging the Filipino society; families, the mothers and children". Link to petition: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Protect_mothers_and_babies_in_the_Philippines_from_the_baby_food_industry/?cTmZpdb Video clip explaining more: http://info.babymilkaction.org/philippines2012 Baby Milk Action (http://www.babymilkaction.org) is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant and young child feeding. Baby Milk Action works within a global network to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry. The global network is called IBFAN (the International Baby Food Action Network) a network of over 200 citizens groups in more than 100 countries. Kind Regards, Julieanne IBCLC, Australia *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome
