Edinburgh Student Newspaper : News : Deceit and malpractice at Nestlé debate
Deceit and malpractice at Nestlé debate
"With the ‘Freedom of Choice’ motion due to be voted on at the AGM this Wednesday, representatives from Nestlé and Baby Milk Action came together last week to debate, argue and accuse. Nestlé is one of the world’s largest multinational food companies, with an annual turnover of £39 billion, and the largest share of the baby food market. Baby Milk Action is the United Kingdom member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), a pressure group formed to fight against “baby food marketing malpractice.”
Debate
The debate took place on Wednesday in the David Hume Tower with Hilary Parsons, Head of Corporate Affairs of Nestlé UK, and Mike Brady, Baby Milk Action’s Campaigns and Network Coordinator, representing the two camps. There is currently a boycott in all EUSA venues on Nestlé products, yet this could be repealed on Wednesday if there is enough favourable student support. The central issue concerns Nestlé’s ‘aggressive marketing’ of its breast milk substitutes in the developing world...."
Monday, November 08, 2004
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Plant's baby formula called 'filthy': "
Louie Gilot
El Paso Times
Nov. 02, 2004
"An El Paso manufacturer allegedly relabeled animal feed containing dirt and flies as baby formula and shipped it to be sold in Mexico. The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit against Milky Way Traders Inc., of 115 Montoya Lane in El Paso, for allegedly buying dried milk intended for use as animal feed only, mixing and packaging it 'under filthy conditions,' and selling the product as infant formula to Mexican food manufacturers, court documents read. 'We are committed to protecting the health and safety of Texas children, and when a Texas company acts recklessly so as to endanger infants of families in Mexico we will take prompt action to stop it,' Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a written statement released Monday...."
Louie Gilot
El Paso Times
Nov. 02, 2004
"An El Paso manufacturer allegedly relabeled animal feed containing dirt and flies as baby formula and shipped it to be sold in Mexico. The Texas attorney general filed a lawsuit against Milky Way Traders Inc., of 115 Montoya Lane in El Paso, for allegedly buying dried milk intended for use as animal feed only, mixing and packaging it 'under filthy conditions,' and selling the product as infant formula to Mexican food manufacturers, court documents read. 'We are committed to protecting the health and safety of Texas children, and when a Texas company acts recklessly so as to endanger infants of families in Mexico we will take prompt action to stop it,' Attorney General Greg Abbott said in a written statement released Monday...."
KFOXTV.com - News - Contaminated Baby Formula Found In El Paso Warehouse
"Shipments of a contaminated infant formula are stopped here in El Paso. Monday Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott secured an emergency restraining order against Milky Way Traders to stop shipments to Mexico...."
"Shipments of a contaminated infant formula are stopped here in El Paso. Monday Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott secured an emergency restraining order against Milky Way Traders to stop shipments to Mexico...."
Monday, November 01, 2004
Yahoo! News - 'Superbug' Can Be Passed on in Breast Milk
Health - Reuters
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Breast milk has been identified as the source of the 'superbug' known as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) In two outbreaks among newborns in Los Angeles. Dr. Dawn M Terashita, of the LA County Health Department described the cases in Washington DC at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit are a "vulnerable population," she told Reuters Health. MRSA outbreaks are common in newborn nurseries, and the main way the infection is spread is thought to be person-to-person via hand contact...."
Health - Reuters
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - "Breast milk has been identified as the source of the 'superbug' known as methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) In two outbreaks among newborns in Los Angeles. Dr. Dawn M Terashita, of the LA County Health Department described the cases in Washington DC at a meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit are a "vulnerable population," she told Reuters Health. MRSA outbreaks are common in newborn nurseries, and the main way the infection is spread is thought to be person-to-person via hand contact...."
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