Unfortunately I have seen Nestle Nan inthe UK, in a Polish shop, in our
nearby town, instructions all in Polish. So no idea what on earth it says.
I bet it's in lots of other Polish shops.....guess I need to find some
funding to publish the info I have in Polish on BF and get it out there
Nina - we're always delighted to get visitors from Australia, we had a
reunion this autumn with my former co leader who has ended up in
Australia, when she was over for her parents' golden wedding. We did some
swapping of resources, which was great and she brought me over some of
the ABA BF Christmas cards.
Helen LLL England
> Morgan writes about Nestle's market know how in not selling milk powders
> in
> the UK. I'm here to assure you that they do sell them here, and they
> dominate the market for breastmilk substitutes and weaning foods. There
> is
> a Norwegian domestic brand that has made some slight inroads in recent
> years
> on the weaning foods, and a Nordic brand of breastmilk substitute, and the
> so-called organic breastmilk substitute from Germany is also marketed
> here.
>
> Morgan, your post is the first I'd ever heard that Nestle used to be based
> in Germany. I can't see anything to that effect on their website either.
> Do you have a source for that information? Please post it to the list if
> so, and if not, please let us know that as well.
>
> The Nestle position is that the WHO code on marketing of breastmilk
> substitutes etc only applies in developing countries. They repeat that
> claim every time they are confronted. The Code was meant to protect
> babies
> everywhere from the dangers of unethical marketing of the products covered
> by it, not just babies in developing countries. In addition, a company
> who
> claims to comply with the Code must respect it wherever they are active,
> even if they do business in countries that haven't ratified it, because
> that
> is part of being Code-compliant. It's nothing to brag about if all you
> are
> doing is staying within the laws and regulations in place wherever you do
> business, and if the code is stricter than the local laws, then bye bye
> Code. That's like me signing all my posts with my name, and then a line
> about how I don't commit murder or tax fraud or theft when residing in a
> country where such acts are illegal, so be impressed with ME. If you
> actually go above and beyond what the law requires, especially if it would
> serve your own interests more to refrain from so doing, then you could
> brag
> about it, I suppose.
> I still find bragging distasteful, but will acknowledge that behaving
> better
> than required, could be construed as reason to brag.
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