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New Delhi: The government said it would investigate allegations by charities that multinational corporations Nestle, Heinz and Abbott were breaking the law by promoting milk formula and infant cereals and undermining efforts to boost breastfeeding in the country.
Two charities - the Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) and International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) - say the three companies are using Indian websites to advertise and promote their baby milk and food products, which is illegal under the Infant Milk Substitutes Act, the IMS Act.
A senior government official said authorities were concerned about the allegations, which were made at the start of World Breastfeeding Week, and would investigate. "BPNI is an authorised agency to monitor the violation of the IMS Act," Dr Shreeranjan, joint secretary of the ministry of women and child development, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. "If what they are saying is on merit, we will definitely support them and seek to take action."
The World Health Organization (WHO) - which recommends exclusive breastfeeding for babies up to six months old - says formula is not as healthy as breast milk and that there are risks of illnesses such as diarrhoea from using unsafe water.
Source: http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=253472022
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