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Hi Morgan. As far as I understand it, the US (reluctantly?) signed it but
it is not a legal document so can't be "enforced." Carolyn Schindewolf,
Hamilton NJ
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From: "Morgan Gallagher" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 10:37 AM
Subject: The International Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes
> Has anyone gone down the path of asking about The Code?/
>
> "The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes was adopted
> by the World Health Assembly in 1981 as a "minimum requirement" to protect
> infant health and is to be implemented "in its entirety." This document
> introduces the key provisions of the International Code
> <../resource/who/fullcode.html> and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of
> the World Health Assembly <../resource/who/whares3332.html>."/
>
> 'The WHA comprises the Ministers of Health of the world's governments, and
> their advisers, eminent experts in the field of public health or specific
> health issues. Although the United States voted against the International
> Code in 1981, thirteen years later the Clinton Administration endorsed the
> Code in the WHA Resolution of 1994, giving the International Code the
> support of every Member State of the WHA.'
>
> Giving out freebies is against Code. As is several things routinely done
> by companies in the USA.
>
> It is confusing to me why The Code isn't raised more within the USA
> situation as it has signed - but I suspect I'm missing something BIG in
> terms of the USA internal politics. (Just like I'm only now understanding
> that 'Texas' is a different country! :-)
>
> http://www.ibfan.org/english/issue/code01.html
>
> http://www.ibfan.org/english/issue/code02.html
>
> Morgan Gallagher
> (Who has posted this info twice today elsewhere, so WBW does seem to have
> stirred something....)
>
>
> Naomi Bar-Yam wrote:
>> Wow! New York City and parts of Oregon have gone bagless. What a
>> wonderful way to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. How can those of us
>> who live in less enlightened communities take advantage of this momentum?
>> I think some of that will happen by itself without our intervention, but
>> there must be ways we can help it along. The arguments for keeping bags
>> are looking weaker and weaker in the press, to me at least.
>>
>> In Massachusetts, we were the first to propose such regulations, they
>> even passed the public health board, only to be essentially vetoed by the
>> then-governor, now presidential hopeful. A plan to open a large facility
>> of pharmaceutical/formula company in our state was announced shortly
>> after the veto. Time for Massachusetts and others to "get with the
>> program." When the regulations were passed without the section about
>> bags, I was told that they couldn't go back and revise the regs at this
>> point. What other ways do we have to go bagless? Should we work on
>> individual hospitals rather than the regulation route? What have others
>> tried?
>>
>> Naomi Bar-Yam
>
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