1977 Nestlé boycott

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A boycott against the Swiss-based multinational food and drink processing corporation Nestlé was launched in the United States on 4 July 1977. The boycott expanded into Europe in the early 1980s and was prompted by concerns about Nestlé's aggressive marketing of infant formulas as 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). Breast milk is the best nutrition source for infants, and this has long been understood as a settled scientific consensus by public health experts and paediatric specialists. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends infants to be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of their lives, and nutritional gaps must be filled if breastfeeding is not possible. The Nestlé boycott can be seen as special in a sense that it linked human rights regulations...

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