Consumer rights body asks FSSAI to look into allegations about Nestlé adding sugar to baby products

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also issued a notice to the food regulator in connection with the matter.

#nestle #FSSAI #NCPCR #CCPA #IBFAN #BabyFood #cerelac #india

https://scroll.in/latest/1066821/consumer-rights-body-asks-fssai-to-look-into-allegations-about-nestle-adding-sugar-to-baby-products

Nestle adds sugar to baby food sold in India but not in Europe

The baby-food brands sold by global giant Nestle in India contain high levels of added sugar, while such products are sugar-free in the United Kingdom, Germany Switzerland, and other developed nations, an investigation by Public Eye, a Swiss organisation and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has revealed.

#nestle #BabyFood #cerelac #PublicEye #IBFAN #WHO #india

https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/nestle-adds-sugar-to-baby-food-sold-in-india-but-not-in-europe

#Nestlé macht Babys und Kleinkinder in einkommensärmeren Ländern zuckersüchtig. Eine neue Recherche von #PublicEye und dem internationalen Aktionsnetzwerk zur Säuglingsnahrung (#IBFAN) zeigt, dass Nestlé in einkommensärmeren Ländern wie #Südafrika oder #Indonesien seiner #Baby- und #Kleinkind-ernahrung #Cerelac und #Nido massiv #Zucker beimischt. https://stories.publiceye.ch/nestle-babyfood/

@sarahc

The citizens' campaigns to constrain the we-must-be-allowed-to-damage-babies'-health-if-it-makes-a-buck industry have been ongoing for *more than 50 years*.

The initial #NestleBoycott was in 1977. #IBFAN was created in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Nestl%C3%A9_boycott

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_of_Nestl%C3%A9

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Baby_Food_Action_Network

#BoycottNestle #BoycottNestlé #NestléBoycott #Nestlé