Breastfeeding position paper

The aim of the Code, and the subsequent resolutions, is to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate nutrition for infants. [...] In 2006, the World Health Assembly (WHA) endorsed the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHO/UNICEF, 2003), and urged member states to renew their commitment to implementation of the Code and to the revitalization of the Baby-Friendly Initiative. [...] Breastfeeding and the Determinants of Health The key determinants of health are those factors which have the most predictive effect on health outcomes for populations of people. [...] The formula industry participated in the process and pledged to cooperate in the interest of health, however, violations of the WHO Code continue. [...] Because of concerns of non-compliance with the WHO Code, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency wrote a letter to the formula industry in January 2007 saying that comparing infant formula to breast milk, including comparisons of the levels of a nutrient in infant formula to the levels of the same nutrient in breast milk, is contrary to the message embodied in the WHO Code.