Edward Kennedy and Nestlé 1978 Senate Hearing

Clip of Senator Edward Kennedy cross questioning Nestlé about its marketing of breastmilk substitutes in the developing world. 1978 US Senate Hearing on the marketing of formula in developing countries. This instigated the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, which was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981. This Code is a benchmark for good practice and is used by governments all over the world to protect infant and young child health from unethical marketing.
Clip taken from the 1984 BBC/Baby Milk Action Film When Breast are Bad for Business.
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[prundall]

Well done. Good that your teachers are open to these ideas. Do check out our website if you want to keep up to date or perhaps consider joining Baby Milk Action.

Thanks for getting in touch, Patti Rundall, Policy Director

[sunheart123]

i did a paper on nestle's unethical marketing of baby milk in third world countries for my gcse english argue/persuade peice. i was shocked by some of the things i found out, like how they dressed up saleswomen as nurses to trick mothers into buying the milk, also giving enough free samples to babies so that they were dependant on the formula then demanding full price. my shock and disgust must have come across in my essay because i got an A for it :)