UK court case over - now its time to prosecute the companies for illegal labelling

The industry challenge to the UK Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations at the High Court in London came to an end today with the ...

Member of Parliament defends Nestlé after jolly to South Africa

We exposed in our Update 37 newsletter in December 2005 how Tom Levitt MP (High Peak) defended Nestlé's baby food marketing activities ...

See you in court?

The High Court battle between the baby food industry on one side and the UK government and health campaigners on the other begins tomorrow a...

Rebranding this blog

It is time to re-brand this blog and I am looking for your suggestions on what it should be called. I'm prompted to do so because, as I ...

Some clarity on what is and what is not on our boycott list

Oh dear. I understand someone has linked to a past post of mine about who owns Lansinoh, incorrectly claiming we are calling for a boycott o...

Nestle backsliding on its claim to abide by 6 months recommedation for introduction of complementary foods

You need eternal vigilence with Nestlé. In 2003 it caved it with its opposition to World Health Assembly Resolutions, adopted from 1994, whi...

House of Lords debate - government committed to 12-month review of formula Regulations

Yesterday I wrote about the House of Lords debate on the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007. Baroness Finlay called for ...

House of Lords debate - trying to make formula feeding safer

There was a debate in the UK House of Lords on Monday about the Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007. You can read the full...

Conservative Party call to annul Regulations could criminalise UK formula companies

It is surely not their intention but a call by the opposition Conservative Party in the UK House of Lords yesterday for the Infant Formula a...

Nestlé is in a panic in the UK and calls in Dr. Miriam Stoppard and Chris Sidgwick

Nestlé's current strategy to enter the UK market is through attempting to persuade midwives to accept its sponsorship. It invites midwiv...

Making laws work

Brief mention of a couple of stories in the media. Firstly, our submission to a UK Government consultation on behalf of the Baby Feeding Law...

Taking stock

This is clever. I've taken an hour out from legal battles, consultation and countering Nestlé misrepresentation of what it is doing to a...

In need of guidance

Forget the legal battle over the UK Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations for a moment. Today was the deadline for submitting com...

Breastfeeding Manifesto campaing on UK formula regulations

This is just a short hello as it is head down with the High Court case (the formula companies have taken the UK government court and succeed...

Thank you for your support

This is just a quick thank you today to everyone who has made donations to our UK work for the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG) monitoring proj...

How can we stop corporations abusing human rights?

What to do about companies that break national laws and international standards while demonstrating contempt for the systems that are suppos...

Nestle accused of price fixing yet again (not the same story as on Tuesday!)

For the second time this week I am writing about Nestlé being accused of price fixing. On Tuesday it was about the price of milk , where Nes...

Urgent action on the UK formula regulations

If you want to help strengthen the UK Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations, then you have another opportunity to do so by sendin...

Nestle accused of price fixing again

Nestlé and seven other dairy firms in South Africa are defending themselves over charges of price fixing. See: http://www.thetimes.co.za/Bus...

Scotland's Forumla Regulations still stand - for now.

The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 2007 have been suspended in England and Northern Ireland, following a legal challenge b...

Consolidation in the baby food industry

The baby food industry is consolidating, creating every more powerful companies. Last year Nestlé took over Gerber baby foods. Danone took o...