Journal article
Jun 03 2021
Globalization, first-foods systems transformations and corporate power: a synthesis of literature and data on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry
Global milk formula sales grew from ~US$1.5 billion in 1978 to US$55.6 billion in 2019. This remarkable expansion has occurred along two main historical axes.
Announcement
Jun 01 2021
Special BMS Code resources collection
Alive & Thrive has launched a special collection of resources on the BMS Code, featuring resources from various organizations around the world.
Brief
May 25 2021
WHO/UNICEF Note on Cross Promotion
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes prohibits the promotion of breast-milk substitutes to the general public.
Report
May 25 2021
Milking It: Portfolio of resources from Changing Markets
These three reports, part of Changing Markets' Access to Nutrition Campaign, look at the lack of scientific support for infant milks.
Report
May 25 2021
Don't Push It: Why the formula milk industry must clean up its act
"It is the forgotten issue of our time, a problem that most people thought had gone away with the Nestlé boycott of the 1970s and 1980s," write the authors of this 2018 report from Save the Children.
Report
May 25 2021
MARKETING OF BREAST-MILK SUBSTITUTES: NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE STATUS REPORT 2018
This report provides updated information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions (“the Code”) in and by countries.