Dear all:

I was given permission to post the following information:

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GAIN has working partnerships with Groupe Danone/Dannon in USA.  Danone/Dannon is 
an infant formula maker in Europe and a WHO Code violater.  They will be fortifying 
yogurt in Bangladesh.   Dannon uses gmo bacteria for their yogurts.  Cargill is another 
major partner.  Tetra Pak (aseptic packaging)...Tetra Pak of Canada's commercial partner 
is Nestle. 

See http://www.gainhealth.org/gain-partnerships
 
Since 2005 Gates Foundation has investments of $26 million in Nestle.  Also interesting 
that since 2005, they have a $2.2 billion investment in sup-prime loan companies or 
securities.  See:  http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/
2003514469_gates08.html

Jay Gordan has also has a reference on the Gates connection with Nestle on his blog at 
the Huffington post.

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I went to the GAIN website and briefly lurked around in some of the details.

In addition, having worked in that world, GAIN misrepresents the current state of the art 
in behavior change for improving diets.  There are many organizations that have adopted 
far smarter strategies than the previous nutrition education.  So, in order to promote 
themselves they denigrate those who implement solutions that will likely have a much 
wider impact on nutrition than a single nutrient or group of a few nutrients.  The NYTimes 
Sunday magazine section did an excellent article on this problem called the "Nutrification 
of Foods".  Even though the article applied to the US, it still is just as relevant.

If you look closely at what appears to be a good idea in Bangladesh because it involved 
women requires further investigation.  Are they actually helping the Bangladeshi's to 
fortify their own yogurt or creating a market for Danone/Dannon and the multinational 
supplement industry?

As I've said before, you really should look a gift horse in the mouth.

Best, Suasn Burger

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