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Vote of 21 May 1981 in which the World Health Assembly adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, 118 to 1.

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21 May 1981

World Health Assembly vote on the infant formula code. Vote of 21 May 1981 in which the World Health Assembly adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, 118 to 1.

23 Apr 1981

Abbott Laboratories intervened in World Health Assembly vote on the infant formula code. Urged the White House to vote no.

World Health Assembly vote on the infant formula code involved World Health Assembly and the United States government.

World Health Assembly vote on the infant formula code led to International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.

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