The Nestlé Baby Formula Scandal

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The Nestlé baby formula scandal that rocked the 1970s.
Wikipedia writes:

A boycott was launched in the United States on July 4, 1977, against the Swiss-based multinational food and drink processing corporation Nestlé. The boycott expanded into Europe in the early 1980s and was prompted by concerns about Nestlé's "aggressive marketing" of infant formulas (i.e., substitutes for breast milk), particularly in underdeveloped countries. The boycott has been cancelled and renewed because of the business practices of Nestlé and other substitute manufacturers monitored by the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN). Organizers of the boycott as well as public health researchers and experts consider breast milk to be the best nutrition source for infants. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends infants to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives, nevertheless, sometimes nutritional gaps need to be filled if breastfeeding is unsuitable, not possible, or inadequate...

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

Original YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prz45n5Tlcw

How To Mitigate The Infant Formula Disaster (Includes Healthy Infant Formula Recipe)
https://www.sunfellow.com/how-to-mitigate-the-infant-formula-disaster-includes-healthy-infant-formula-recipe/

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