Event

The Nestlé boycott

International consumer boycott of Nestlé products over its marketing of infant formula, called by INFACT in 1977 and suspended in 1984.

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Dates: 4 Jul 1977 – 4 Oct 1984
Place: Minneapolis

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Infant Formula Action Coalition 4 Jul 1977 Primary record 1 2

involved

Nestlé target of the boycott Primary record 1 3
Infant Formula Action Coalition called the boycott Primary record 1

Timeline 2 dates

4 Jul 1977 – 4 Oct 1984 The Nestlé boycott
4 Jul 1977 Infant Formula Action Coalition leads The Nestlé boycott

Proof 3 sources

Nestlé News release of 26 January 1984 and Joint Statement of the International Nestlé Boycott Committee and Nestlé of 25 January 1984, as sent by the Stouffer Corporation to the American Library Association, Nestlé, 26 Jan 1984. Primary record
in 1977 INFACT, supported by other organizations, initiated a boycott of the products of Nestle
initiated a boycott of the products of Nestle, the world's largest manufacturer of infant formula
The Build Up to the Nestlé Boycott, in The Boycott Book (chronology by the campaign's own publishers), international-baby-food-action-network. Self-published
July 4, 1977. INFACT calls for international boycott of
International groups boycott Nestle products to end indiscriminate advertising, 1977-1984 (Global Nonviolent Action Database case study by Soul Han), Swarthmore College, 30 Sep 2021. Scholarship & press
IBFAN decided to call off the boycott on October 4, 1984

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