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International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

Recommendation adopted by the World Health Assembly on 21 May 1981 on how breast-milk substitutes, feeding bottles and teats may be marketed.

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21 May 1981
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WHO code, WHA34.22

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  1. May 1981 Nestlé adopted International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes According to Nestlé
  2. 21 May 1981 International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
  3. 21 May 1981 World Health Assembly adopted International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
  4. 1984 Bangladesh adopted International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
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  1. International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes (WHO publication page), World Health Organization, 1981. Primary record
    It adopted the code, as proposed, on 21 May by 118 votes.
  2. 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 endorsed the WHO Code the day it was passed in May, 1981
  3. Infant Food Marketing, Nestlé Canada (archived copy, undated), Nestlé. Self-published Archived copy
    Nestlé sells and markets infant formula products responsibly, and we voluntarily and unilaterally apply the WHO Code in all developing countries.
  4. We're not trying to undermine the baby-milk code (reply by Hilary Parsons, Nestlé's head of corporate social responsibility), The Guardian, 22 May 2007. Scholarship & press
    Far from trying to get around the code, in developing countries, Nestlé voluntarily applies the entire WHO code - whether the government does or not.
  5. World Health Organization: Assembly Resolution on a Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (WHA34.22), International Legal Materials 20(4), American Society of International Law, Jul 1981. Scholarship & press
    The Resolution was adopted on May 21, 1981, by a vote of 118 in favor to one against (United States), with 3 abstentions (Argentina, Japan, Republic of Korea).
  6. Violations of International Code of Breast-milk Substitutes (BMS) in commercial settings and media in Bangladesh, Maternal & Child Nutrition, Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2022. Scholarship & press
    has been adopted by many countries, including Bangladesh.
  7. Milking it (Joanna Moorhead, from Dhaka), The Guardian, 15 May 2007. Scholarship & press
    enshrined in law in Bangladesh since 1984
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