That's it for 2007

There will be a break with the blog until early in the new year. There has been a lot going on during 2007. Two highlights for me are the co...

More on Nestle prizes bringing concerns to wider attention

Last week I wrote about children's author Sean Taylor refusing Nestlé prize money after winning a Gold Medal in the Nestlé Children...

Please contact your Member of Parliament over the UK formula regulations

We issued a press release today as it was confirmed that the UK Advertising Standards Authority sees nothing wrong with Wyeth promoting its ...

Political leadership: where to find it

Here is a Christmas message from the nation's leader: "You - who are involved in infant and young child feeding are securing our co...

ASA ruling on Wyeth's SMA television advertisement

This week we are anticipating the ruling of the UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on the Wyeth/SMA television advertisement promoting...

Proposed UK law: please try again

If you sent a message to the UK Secretary of State for Health and Minister for Public Health recently calling for it to strengthen formula m...

Do not fear the European Commission

Bear with me, this blog is on an issue of critical importance, though for some very tedious. This information could determine whether the UK...

Sean Taylor, award winning author, refuses Nestle money

Nestlé Children's Book Prize winner refuses Nestlé money - Sean Taylor rejects cheque. That's the headline of a press release we hav...

Nestle defends branding babies

I wrote last week of the new global baby food marketing monitoring report from the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN). The UK l...

Breastfeeding Manifesto tops

Baby Milk Action took pre-orders for these tops on behalf of the Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition - we are a member. These have now all bee...

Politicians listening in Gambia

While health workers and campaigners in the UK are trying to get the Secretary for State for Health to take notice of recommendations for pr...

Minister doesn't listen to the question and gives wrong answers

As I wrote earlier in the week the UK Secretary of State for Health invited people to put questions to him in a live webchat, which took pl...

Spotlight on rule breakers in Indonesia on Al Jazeera

Here is a recent news report that has just come to my attention, from Al Jazeera about the aggressive marketing of baby formula, with a focu...

UK Minister to answer your questions

I wrote yesterday about efforts by the UK government to consult experts and the public on matters of policy. On Thursday the Secretary of St...

eDemocracy in action in the UK - or perhaps not

A while ago I signed a petition on the Number 10 website. This is a great system that has been introduced by the government in the UK, where...

The influence of the formula and dairy industry in the UK

More bad news for the UK government and Trading Standards. I wrote yesterday of how applause for the UK crackdown on illegal claims on infan...

Global report shames UK for lack of follow through on health claims crackdown

Now to the UK's shameful performance. I wrote yesterday about the new monitoring report from the International Baby Food Action Network...

Branded from birth - IBFAN's new monitoring report exposes baby milk marketing trends

Our partners at the International Code Documentation Centre (ICDC) have presented the new International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) mon...

Nestlé Nespresso - something else to boycott

We have had a lot of traffic to the website today as people respond to comments on an article about Nestlé's Nespresso machine in The Gu...

Janipher's story in The Guardian

You may recall the campaign to reunite a young Ugandan woman, Janipher Maseko, with her children. See my past blog at: http://boycottnestle....

Don't mothers who use formula deserve protection?

So here we go again. Articles on moves to regulate the marketing of breastmilk substitutes in the UK are followed by opinion pieces attackin...

Industry response to the UK formula regulations - and photographic evidence

There have been reports in all the major dailies in the UK and quite a few websites about the new Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regul...