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http://www.ibfan.org/english/resource/who/fullcode.html

Article 2. Scope of the Code

The Code applies to the marketing, and practices related thereto, of the
following products: breastmilk substitutes, including infant formula;
other milk products, foods and beverages, including bottle-fed
complementary foods, when marketed or otherwise represented to be
suitable, with or without modification, for use as a partial or total
replacement of breast-milk; feeding bottles and teats. It also applies
to their quality and availability, and to information concerning their
use.

"Health worker" means a person working in a component of such a health
care system, whether professional or nonprofessional, including
voluntary, unpaid workers.

Article 7. Health workers

7.1 Health workers should encourage and protect breastfeeding; and those
who are concerned in particular with maternal and infant nutrition
should make themselves familiar with their responsibilities under this
Code, including the information specified in Article 4.2.

7.2 Information provided by manufacturers and distributors to health
professionals regarding products within the scope of this Code should be
restricted to scientific and factual matters, and such information
should not imply or create a belief that bottle feeding is equivalent or
superior to breastfeeding. It should also include the information
specified in Article 4.2.

7.3 No financial or material inducements to promote products within the
scope of this Code should be offered by manufacturers or distributors to
health workers or members of their families, nor should these be
accepted by health workers or members of their families.

7.4 Samples of infant formula or other products within the scope of this
Code., or of equipment or utensils for their preparation or use, should
not be provided to health workers except when necessary for the purpose
of professional evaluation or research at the institutional level.
Health workers should not give samples of infant formula to pregnant
women, mothers of infants and young children, or members of their
families.

7.5 Manufacturers and distributors of products within the scope of this
Code should disclose to the institution to which a recipient health
worker is affiliated any contribution made to him or on his behalf for
fellowships, study tours, research grants, attendance at professional
conferences, or the like. Similar disclosures should be made by the
recipient.

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