IBFAN – International Baby Food Action Network

CAC47

CAC47 - Geneva, Switzerland - 2024

PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?

The Global Plastics treaty failed to reach a consensus in Busan, Republic of Korea.

Global Plastics

Global Plastics Treaty - Busan, Republic of Korea

GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY: BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE MOST AT RISK

Plastics containing hazardous chemicals in food and drinks packaging pollute our lands and our oceans, and risk harming the health of humans and our planet.

cop29

COP 29 | Baku (Azerbaijan)

THREATS TO THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY – THE ROLE OF BREASTFEEDING

The threats to the world’s food supply are numerous and often interconnected, threatening food safety and security for decades to come. What follows is a list of the main threats, and an argument for why breastfeeding is one of the measures needed to counter them

Greenfeeding

COP29 | Azerbaijan

GREENFEEDING (ECOFEEDING) MEANS HEALTHY LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD

Greenfeeding starts with Breastfeeding which has a positive impact on our climate and environment.

CCFL48

CCFL48 | Canada

WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?

Governments have the sovereign right to adopt any legislation they consider necessary to protect health as long as it does not violate international trade principles.

WHA78 - EB156 (2025)

GETTING READY FOR 78TH WHA 2025: DIGITAL MARKETING AND NUTRITION TARGETS

IBFAN is supporting Brazil’s Zero Draft Resolution on Digital Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes that we hope will be adopted with no weakening at the 78th World Health Assembly next May.
IBFAN is also supporting a Resolution calling for an extension of the Nutrition targets.

Codex 2024 - News1

CCNFSDU44 - CODEX

EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS

IBFAN fighting to protect children from harmful, sweetened, Ultra-Processed, plastic-wrapped products and probiotic additives and claims.

Public Eye

PROTEST AT VEVEY:

MORE THAN 100,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST NESTLÉ’S DOUBLE STANDARD OVER ADDED SUGAR IN BABY FOOD

105,000 people have signed a petition calling on Nestlé to stop adding sugar to its baby food products marketed in lower-income countries. It was handed over today at the multinational’s headquarters in Vevey, where the NGOs Public Eye, IBFAN and EKO dumped the symbolic equivalent of 10 million sugar cubes, representing the added sugar consumed each day by babies fed with Cerelac cereals

Codex 2024

CCNFSDU44 - CODEX

AT CODEX, IBFAN PROTECTING CHILD HEALTH FROM SWEETENED UPFS IN PLASTIC PACKAGING AND THEIR SNEAKY PROBIOTIC PROMISES!

The 44th Session of the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses will be held in Dresden, Germany on 2 – 6 October 2024

Codex PRESS RELEASE (IBFAN)

The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) is an international coalition aiming to improve maternal and infant and young child health through the protection, support and promotion of breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding. It was formed by a small group of organisations and activists, concerned about the high mortality of formula fed babies, who came together in 1979 at the end of a WHO/UNICEF joint meeting on infant and young child feeding. The meeting had recommended an international code to regulate the marketing of infant formula, bottles and teats and other products marketed as breastmilk substitutes.

OUR FOCUS AREAS

IBFAN'S SEVEN PRINCIPLES

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1

Infants and young children everywhere to have the right to the highest attainable standard of health.

2

Families, and in particular women and children, have the right to access adequate and nutritious food and sufficient and affordable water.

3

Women have the right to breastfeed and to make informed decisions about infant and young child feeding.

4

Women have the right to full support to breastfeed for two years or more and to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months.

5

All people have the right to access quality health care services and information free of commercial influence.

6

Health workers and consumers have the right to be protected from commercial influence that may distort their judgment and decisions.

7

People have the right to advocate for change that protects, promotes, and supports basic health, in international solidarity.

NEWS IBFAN

PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?

December 9, 2024

The Global Plastics treaty failed to reach a consensus in Busan, Republic of Korea. The day before, the CAC47, the WHO/FAO global food standards setting body, ended its meeting in Geneva

LIFE LONG RISKS OF SUGARS IN BABY FOODS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS PROMPT CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATION

December 5, 2024

Researchers from the University of Southern California have found that cutting sugar in the first 1,000 days of a baby’s life – from conception to the age of two – appears to reduce the risk of developing significant health issues in...

GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY: BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE MOST AT RISK

November 25, 2024

Babies, young children and their mothers are most at risk from toxic chemicals contained in plastics. Plastic pollution harms their physical, intellectual and reproductive health, both now and in the future. Yet they have no voice to express the problems...

COP 29 – THREATS TO THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY – THE ROLE OF BREASTFEEDING

November 21, 2024

State of Maternity Protection in 97 countries

An increasing number of women are entering the job market and they need maternity protection to make a balance between their productive and reproductive roles to take care of themselves, their children and their families.

IBFAN Position Paper on Maternity Protection at Work

This paper presents IBFAN’s position on maternity protection at work and the tools for advocacy needed to increase the implementation of measures that enable mothers to participate as equals in the workplace while exercising their reproductive rights to breastfeed.

Breastfeeding after returning to work or study

Many women find ways to continue breastfeeding their baby. Employers and course providers have certain obligations towards breastfeeding women to support your return to work or study.

100 years of maternity protection

100 years ago, the ILO adopted the first-ever international standard on maternity protection. Since that Convention, the definition of maternity protection has expanded and its importance has become more widely appreciated – including as an essential element in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of good health, gender equality, decent work and economic growth. But, despite this progress, many mothers and mothers-to-be still face serious challenges in the workplace.

VIDEO ‘100 years of maternity protection’, from the channel International Labour Organization, published on YouTube on 8/11/2019.

The IBFAN network is a global coalition formed by nearly 200 citizen groups in over 100 countries

Learn more about the IBFAN network in various parts of the world. Access the following websites or social networks, and soon we will have more links here:

PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?

GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY: BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE MOST AT RISK

THREATS TO THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY – THE ROLE OF BREASTFEEDING

GREENFEEDING (ECOFEEDING) MEANS HEALTHY LOCAL AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD

WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?

GETTING READY FOR 78TH WHA 2025: DIGITAL MARKETING AND NUTRITION TARGETS

EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS

MORE THAN 100,000 SIGNATURES AGAINST NESTLÉ’S DOUBLE STANDARD OVER ADDED SUGAR IN BABY FOOD

AT CODEX, IBFAN PROTECTING CHILD HEALTH FROM SWEETENED UPFS IN PLASTIC PACKAGING AND THEIR SNEAKY PROBIOTIC PROMISES!

OUR FOCUS AREAS

IBFAN'S SEVEN PRINCIPLES

Click on the images or click here for more information

1

Infants and young children everywhere to have the right to the highest attainable standard of health.

2

Families, and in particular women and children, have the right to access adequate and nutritious food and sufficient and affordable water.

3

Women have the right to breastfeed and to make informed decisions about infant and young child feeding.

4

Women have the right to full support to breastfeed for two years or more and to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months.

5

All people have the right to access quality health care services and information free of commercial influence.

6

Health workers and consumers have the right to be protected from commercial influence that may distort their judgment and decisions.

7

People have the right to advocate for change that protects, promotes, and supports basic health, in international solidarity.

NEWS IBFAN

PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?

LIFE LONG RISKS OF SUGARS IN BABY FOODS AND DOUBLE STANDARDS PROMPT CALLS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND REGULATION

GLOBAL PLASTICS TREATY: BABIES, YOUNG CHILDREN AND WOMEN ARE MOST AT RISK

COP 29 – THREATS TO THE WORLD’S FOOD SUPPLY – THE ROLE OF BREASTFEEDING

MATERNITY PROTECTION

State of Maternity Protection in 97 countries

IBFAN Position Paper on Maternity Protection at Work

Breastfeeding after returning to work or study

100 years of maternity protection

The IBFAN network is a global coalition formed by nearly 200 citizen groups in over 100 countries

Learn more about the IBFAN network in various parts of the world. Access the following websites or social networks, and soon we will have more links here:

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