Indians or anyone who knows India please guide

awmproxy said:

Hello there! Not living in India but as I have learnt India Government has such things as infant food, feeding bottles and infant milk substitutes regulated. There was the government law enacted in 2003 stating that no one should advertise or promote anything like that. It all originated from the belief that malnutrition causes 55% of infant mortality in India.

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W130SN said:

^^^^^This

Not from India, but in many poorer countries the large milk formula companies (Nestle etc) were promoting bottle feeding as being better than breast feeding, they spent millions advertising and made a killing.

http://www.businessinsider.com/nestles-infant-formula-scandal-2012-6?op=1
http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/06/magazine/the-controversy-over-infant-formula.html?pagewanted=all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestlé_boycott
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/nestle-baby-milk-scandal-food-industry-standards
http://www.babymilkaction.org/nestlefree
https://unlatched.wordpress.com/2013/04/23/why-nestle-is-evil-it-goes-beyond-just-infant-formula/
http://www.dairyreporter.com/Regula...leged-infant-formula-labelling-law-violations
http://in.reuters.com/article/india-baby-mil-mncs-law-idINDEE9700E420130801
http://internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13006-014-0020-7
http://www.foodnavigator-asia.com/P...int-on-flouting-infant-formula-labelling-laws
http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/...nestle-breaks-baby-food-law-bpni#.VrEHKtApQeo

So basically you can't promote infant formula/bottle feeding as being better than breast feeding.

These links should help you understand:
http://www.lisa-nutrition.com/news/main-points-of-infant-formula-legislation-in-india
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=india+infant+formula+labelling+laws
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=india+bottle+feeding+laws

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awmproxy said:

Hello there! Not living in India but as I have learnt India Government has such things as infant food, feeding bottles and infant milk substitutes regulated. There was the government law enacted in 2003 stating that no one should advertise or promote anything like that. It all originated from the belief that malnutrition causes 55% of infant mortality in India.

Hope that helped.

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pulkitseo said:

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