I saw this announcement in Food Navigator: Study: Nutrient dense formula could improve cognition and behaviour in infants. My immediate question: Who paid for this? I went right to it. The study:...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2024/08/industry-funded-study-of-the-week/
The Department of Health and Human Service’s Inspector General has reported on its investigation of the FDA’s mis-handling of infant formula shortages a couple of years ago: The Food and Drug...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a report on Market Factors Relevant to Infant Formula Supply Disruptions 2022. As the report explains: Widespread supply disruptions for infant for...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2024/04/the-ftcs-wishy-washy-report-on-infant-formula-disruptions/
ProPublica has issued a major and highly importantt investigative report: The U.S. Government Defended the Overseas Business Interests of Baby Formula Makers. Kids Paid the Price. The report docu...
Dr Katie Pereira-Kotze, a part time Senior Nutritionist at First Steps Nutrition Trust wrote me to ask if I might comment on the conflicts of interest displayed at a conference sponsored by the ...
I’ve been collecting items on feeding kids. Here are four. I. FDA Warning Letters: The FDA has sent warning letters to ByHeart, Mead Johnson Nutrition (Reckitt), & Perrigo Wisconsin for vio...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/11/the-hazards-of-feeding-babies-and-young-children-what-to-do/
I saw this notice of Nestlé closing a baby formula factory in Ireland. I wondered why. Nestlé cited a significant downward trend in demand for infant nutrition products in the Greater China...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/10/who-knew-ii-the-baby-formula-crisis-continues/
Earlier this week I wrote about the UNICEF-WHO meeting I went to in Geneva on implementing the 1981 International Code governing marketing of infant formulas. UNICEF has just issued an update: Wh...
Last week, I attended and spoke at the UNICEF-WHO Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes at WHO headquarters in Geneva. The meeting wa...
The FDA is under siege these days. Two reasons why. Its failure to follow the advice of experts on how to reorganize the agency to give greater prominence and authority to food as opposed to dr...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/04/the-fdas-ongoing-drama-an-update/