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>The absolute ban on the promotion and advertisement of breast milk
substitutes (in the Philippines) will continue after the Supreme Court
opted not to issue a
restraining order on the implementation of the Milk Code.

The petitioners argued that the DOH order unduly expands the authority
granted it under the Milk Code by prohibiting the free flow of
information regarding the nutritional content of infant formula
vis-à-vis breast milk and the other traditional milk substitutes will
only result in preventing much needed knowledge on proper infant
feeding.

"The prohibition in the revised IRR respecting nutritional claims for
milk products will deprive health care providers of information
regarding advances in nutrition or product availability, and will
thence limit the effectiveness of health care providers in guiding new
parents as to what are the most appropriate breast milk substitutes
should a new mother choose that alternative," the group said through
lawyer Felicitas Aquino-Arroyo.

Among the petitioners were major players in the breast milk substitute
industry namely Abbott Laboratories, Wyeth Philippines, Mead Johnson,
Astra-Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Bayer Philippines, Novartis,
GlaxoSmithKline, and Mercury Drug.<

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