3.0 International Policies
3.1 The WHO Code
International Code on the Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes
Aim of the Code
The aim of this Code is to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate nutrition for infants, by the protection and promotion of breast-feeding, and by ensuring the proper use of breast-milk substitutes, when these are necessary, on the basis of adequate information and through appropriate marketing and distribution.
Article 1: WHO Code
Scope of the Code
The Code applies to the marketing, and practices related thereto, of the following products:
It also applies to their quality and availability, and to information concerning their use.
- breast-milk substitutes, including infant formula; other milk products, foods and beverages, including bottlefed complementary foods, when marketed or otherwise represented to be suitable, with or without modification, for use as a partial or total replacement of breast milk;
- feeding bottles and teats.
Article 2. WHO Code
Review your Policy
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![]() | ![]() Look through your Policy and find where it details the Unit's and the individual's responsibility to relation to the following:
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Implementation
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![]() | ![]() How are you affected?What should you do in each of the following instances?
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What should I remember?
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