According to the 79-page decision (jugement) from the Superior Court of Canada, Province of Quebec, District of Montreal, No. 500-05-007 439-944 of 15 March 1995, annual infant formula sales in the Province are about US$32 million per year (compared with nearly US$100 million in Canada overall). Some 92 000 babies are born there annually, and it is reported that 80% of mothers who feed artificially use at *home* the brand of infant formula their babies were started on in a *maternity service*. Manufacturers actively vie for the privilege of providing *free* formula which, cumulatively, is said to represent but 2% of the Province's total annual market. Producers also, the decision goes on to say, offer financial assistance to development and paediatric research programmes, from which the hospitals in question benefit. Thus, for example, the market leader alone (40% share), is said to contribute this way about US$726 000 annually. Jim Akre, Nutrition unit, WHO, Geneva