Title | Infant Feeding [electronic resource] : Anatomy of a Controversy 1973-1984 / edited by John Dobbing |
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Imprint | London : Springer London, 1988 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1618-9 |
Descript | XVII, 169 p. online resource |
1. The Charges -- โBreast is Bestโ -- Decline in Breast-Feeding -- The Vast Majority of Mothers Can Breast-Feed -- Health Hazards of Feeding Breast Milk Substitutes -- Infant Formula a Drain on National Resources -- Infant Formula Marketing -- 2. Medical and Scientific Commentary on Charges made against the Infant Food Industry -- Terminology -- The Charges -- Points of Agreement -- Breast is Best (with Few Exceptions) -- Decline in Breast-Feeding -- Supplements, Complements and Weaning -- Can the Great Majority of Mothers Breast-Feed Successfully? -- Concluding note -- 3. Origins of the Controversy -- Third World Context -- Feed the Mother -- Industry Participation -- PAG Statement No. 23 -- ICIFI: Formalising Industry Cooperation -- The Debate Goes Public -- The New Internationalist Report -- The Baby Killer -- Policy Review -- 4. Focus on Nestlรฉ The Bern Trial -- Naming Nestlรฉ -- The Swiss Activists -- Identifying the Activists -- Suggested Settlement -- Defendantโs Public Relations Strategy -- Reduced Charges -- Courtroom Testimony -- Nestlรฉ Press Conference -- Written Testimony -- Back to the Courtroom -- Dr. Jelliffeโs Testimony -- Final Hearings -- Summing Up -- The Judgement -- 5. The US Campaign -- Religious Groupsโ Support -- Shareholder Resolutions -- Shareholders Go To Court -- Nestlรฉ in the US -- Formation of INFACT -- Launch of the Boycott -- First Meeting with INFACT -- Continuation of the Boycott -- Next: Political Action -- 6. Into the Political Arena -- Importance of Hearings -- Preparation for Testimony -- Choosing a Spokesman -- Questionable Credentials -- Fateful Statement -- Result of Hearings -- Follow-Up Meeting -- Into the Mouths of Babes -- ICIFI Enters the Scene -- Confrontation with the National Council of Churches -- Preparations for WHO Meeting -- 7. Developing International Recommendations: the WHO Code -- WHO Programme -- Politics of Policy-Making -- Planning the Meeting -- Working Groups -- Consensus on Marketing -- Nestlรฉโs Response -- Nestlรฉโs Checklist for Marketing Practices -- Activists Resurgent -- Development of ICIFI Model Code -- Industry โViolationsโ -- Difficult Drafting Job -- Regulation or Recommendation? -- 8. Escalation of the Campaign and Nestlรฉโs Response -- Escalation: Further Observations on the Controversy from Industryโs Standpoint -- Development of Product and Marketing Policy -- 9. Implementing the WHO Code -- ICIFI Disbanded -- Dialogue with the United Methodists -- Code Implementation at the National Level -- The Nestlรฉ Instructions -- Audit Committee -- Nestlรฉ Announces its New Policy -- Interpreting the WHO Code -- Revising the Nestlรฉ Instructions -- Support for the Boycott Wanes -- 10. Resolution of the Conflict -- The โFourโ Points -- January 1984 Discussions -- Nestlรฉ Statement of Understanding -- Nestlรฉ/INBC Agreement -- Boycott Suspension -- Termination of the Nestlรฉ Boycott -- 11. Epilogue -- Appendix 1. The Nestlรฉ Infant Formula Audit Commission โ (NIFAC) Charter -- Appendix 2. Nestlรฉ Statement of Understanding -- Appendix 3. Addendum to the Nestlรฉ Statement of Understanding