date:Apr 03, 2014
the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, which recommends restrictions on the marketing of substitutes to ensure that mothers are not encouraged to unnecessarily abandon breastfeeding, Associate Professor Moloney said.
Since this International Code was adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 1981, 84 countries have enacted legislation implementing many or all of the provisions of the Code Australia is not one of them, she said.
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