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to you all.

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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 08:12:20 -0800
From: Ralph Sims <[log in to unmask]>
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Subject: Saudi Arabia bans baby milk commercials


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>Subject: Saudi Arabia bans baby milk commercials
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         DUBAI, Jan 17 (Reuter) - Baby milk formula importers in
Saudi Arabia will have to be more creative in promoting their
products as a blanket ban on all commercials for breast-feeding
alternatives takes effect.
         ``The commerce ministry prohibited all baby milk importers
from advertising in the local media,'' Arabic-language daily
Al-Eqtisadiah reported on Wednesday.
         It was not clear when the ban takes effect.
         ``Advertising campaigns encourage the use of alternatives to
natural feeding,'' it quoted the commerce ministry as saying.
         The paper said the ban applies to all 35 commercial baby
milk brands on the Saudi market, which account for a large share
of advertising space in the local media.
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