I'm echoing Karleen's concern after reading the survey.  One question
contains text about 'products' that are not WHO Code compliant.  

Products are not judged for compliance with the Code.  The Code is about
MARKETING of products, not about the products themselves.  Companies can be
Code compliant, or not, based on their marketing practices.  The products
they sell are just products and can never be Code compliant or non-Code
compliant.  There is a well-defined list of products whose marketing is
covered by the WHO Code.  Products not on the list have no bearing on
whether a company is Code compliant.

We don't have a code that tells us which products are necessary, or safe, or
effective.  We make those judgments on the characteristics of the products
themselves - or at least we ought to.  My bias is that we should not make
such judgments based on information designed solely with the intent of
increasing a company's revenues from the sales of said product.

It is of concern that the authors of the USLCA survey about it, do not
distinguish between companies and the products they sell, with regard to the
purview of the WHO Code.  The survey itself may even increase the already
hazy understanding of the WHO Code in the US.  I assume this was *not* the
intention.

Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway

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