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...

On dark arts and spinning

Today was a sad day. Stories of political dark arts and media spinning are true it seems. How disappointing. Here is what happened. At 10:30...

Monitoring company carelines

I tried a little experiment recently. I bought packs of formula from the main UK manufacturers and called the telephone 'carelines' ...

Is this blog useful?

The main version of my daily blog is on google's blogger. This is the site I generally refer people to when they request information whi...

Contacting Government Ministers in the UK

Many thanks to everyone who has been sending messages of solidarity to the UK Secretary of State for Health and Minister for Public Health, ...

Podcast widget with built in player

You may already have added my groovey RSS newsfeed reader to your blog, website or computer desktop. I wanted to flag up that it has an in-b...

Dr. Natividad Relucio Clavano

My colleague, Patti Rundall, has written an obituary for this inspiring campaigner from the Philippines. A version of the obituary also appe...

Send a message of support to the UK Government as it decides on formula marketing regulations

The UK Government will imminently make a decision on new Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations. All bodies and organisations whos...

Breastfeeding does not cause breasts to droop, says cosmetic surgeon

Does breastfeeding make your boobs sag? It's an urban myth that it does. Who would know? A cosmetic surgeon perhaps, who meets women who...

UK parents have the right to demand support for breastfeeding and accurate information on reducing risks of formula feeding

I wrote yesterday about the cost savings that maternity hospitals can make by investing in supporting breastfeeding. The calculations have ...

Important information for accountants about UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative

Is your local maternity hospital saving money or wasting it? It all comes down to whether it is providing support for breastfeeding or not. ...

UK enforcement body wants a better formula law

The Food Standards Agency is due to publish the responses it has received to its consultation on its proposed Infant Formula and Follow-on F...

Breastfeeding linked to intelligence once again - beware of industry claims for their additives

The media is full of reports today about new research on the benefits of breastfeeding when it comes to intelligence. Apparently a genetic l...

UK Ministers under pressure from formula industry not to strengthen marketing regulations

The Sunday Express ran an article yesterday suggesting that the UK Government is going to heed the advice of health advocates and prohibit t...

Little Angels are raising breastfeeding rates with one arm tied behind their backs

Today I was at the Little Angels Conference in Blackburn. Little Angels is an inspiring initiative arising from the community, providing br...

Danone to take over Nutricia, Milupa and Cow & Gate

Some household names are coming together and what it means for infant health and mother's rights is, as yet, unclear. NUMICO, a Dutch co...