hansen (05/11/82)
Is Nestle finally shaping up? Does this mean that I can finally
buy a Nestle's Crunch bar again? (My wife and I haven't had one
in years and we both love them.) Oh Boy!
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NESTLE POLICY
New guidelines issued by infant formula company.
The Nestle company has issued new guidelines to comply with the
World Health Organization's voluntary international code
limiting the use of infant formula.
The guidelines specify that a doctor must request free samples
of infant formula and pass them along to mothers, rather than
the mother receiving the samples directly from Nestle. The
company will redesign product labels and pamphlets in the next
year to meet code standards.
According to the New York Times, Nestle, S.A., the world's
largest supplier of infant formula, apparently was seeking to
end a FIVE-YEAR (!!!!) boycott by 70 U.S. organizations. These
groups boycotted every Nestle product and service to protest the
company's practice of promoting the formula by giving free
samples directly to mothers ill equipped to use them properly.
The practices of diluting the formula and using polluted water
reportedly have caused high rates of infant disease and death
among some users.
The boycott committee responded to the Nestle move with caution,
saying it would wait and see how the new guidelines were
interpreted.
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The Lutheran Standard, May 7, 1982