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Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission

Body Nestlé formed in May 1982 to audit its infant formula marketing against the WHO code; chaired by Edmund Muskie. Nestlé called it an independent body; a 1989 Sojourners article said Nestlé funded it entirely.

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1982 –
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NIFAC

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  1. 1982 – Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission
  2. 1982 Edmund Muskie chair of Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission
  3. May 1982 Nestlé founded Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission
Proof 3 sources
  1. 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
    Nestle announced the formation of the Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission
    This commission is chaired by former Senator Edmund S. Muskie
  2. Formulating an Accord (Further & More, Reason magazine, April 1984), Reason, 1 Apr 1984. Scholarship & press
    an investigative commission, headed by Edmund Muskie
  3. Nestle Boycott: The Sequel (Danny Duncan Collum, Sojourners, October 1989), Sojourners, Oct 1989. Scholarship & press
    Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission, chaired by former Sen. Edmund Muskie
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