• 2: Tell a Friend
  • 5: Sitemap
  • 6: Contact
  • 9: Main Links
    • 9.3: Register to attend the Women's Health Action Suffrage Breakfast
    • 9.4: Health Topics
      • 9.4.1: Abortion
      • 9.4.2: Abuse
      • 9.4.3: Advertising
      • 9.4.4: Alcohol
      • 9.4.5: Assisted Reproductive Technology
      • 9.4.6: Bio - Identical Hormones
      • 9.4.7: Birth Control
      • 9.4.8: Breastfeeding
      • 9.4.9: Breast Health
      • 9.4.10: Beauty Products
      • 9.4.11: Cancer
      • 9.4.12: Cervical Cancer
      • 9.4.13: Childrens health
      • 9.4.15: Cosmetic Surgery
      • 9.4.16: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
      • 9.4.17: Cystitis
      • 9.4.18: Dementia
      • 9.4.19: Depo-provera
      • 9.4.20: DES
      • 9.4.21: Diet and weight
      • 9.4.23: Eating disorders and body image
      • 9.4.24: Endometriosis
      • 9.4.25: Female genital mutilation (FGM)
      • 9.4.26: Fertility
      • 9.4.27: Fibroids
      • 9.4.30: GMF, GE & cloning related topics
      • 9.4.31: Heart Health
      • 9.4.32: Hormone replacement therapy
      • 9.4.33: HPV virus
      • 9.4.34: Hysterectomy
      • 9.4.35: Immigrant Women's Health
      • 9.4.37: Maori Women's Health
      • 9.4.38: Menopause
      • 9.4.39: Menstruation
      • 9.4.40: Mental Health
      • 9.4.41: NZ Society
      • 9.4.42: Nutrition
      • 9.4.43: Obesity
      • 9.4.44: Older Women
      • 9.4.45: Oral health
      • 9.4.46: Osteoporosis
      • 9.4.47: Pacific Women's Health
      • 9.4.48: Physical Activity
      • 9.4.49: Pelvic Inflammatory disease
      • 9.4.50: Pregnancy and maternity
      • 9.4.51: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
      • 9.4.53: Sexual Health
      • 9.4.55: Suicide prevention
      • 9.4.56: Smoking - tobacco
      • 9.4.57: Urinary incontinence
      • 9.4.58: Vaginal Health
      • 9.4.59: Violence
      • 9.4.61: Young Women's Health
    • 9.5: Breastfeeding
      • 9.5.1: Venue Registration for The Big Latch On 2010
      • 9.5.2: World Breastfeeding Week 2010
      • 9.5.3: Big Latch On 2010
      • 9.5.4: News
      • 9.5.5: World Breastfeeding Weeks
      • 9.5.6: Breastfeeding Friendly Workplaces
      • 9.5.7: Images
      • 9.5.8: Links
      • 9.5.9: The Code
      • 9.5.10: Breastfeeding Networks
      • 9.5.11: Resources
    • 9.6: Cartwright
      • 9.6.1: Summary of findings and recommendations from Cartwright Report
      • 9.6.2: The Unfortunate Experiment
      • 9.6.3: Chronology
      • 9.6.4: Cartwright Inquiry Follow Up
      • 9.6.5: Health Consumer Rights and Advocacy
      • 9.6.6: Ethics Committees
      • 9.6.8: Cervical Screening
      • 9.6.9: Informed Consent
      • 9.6.10: WHA Evidence
    • 9.7: Gender and Health
      • 9.7.1: WHA Gender Papers
      • 9.7.2: Gender Articles
      • 9.7.3: Gender Analysis Tools
      • 9.7.4: NZ Statistics
      • 9.7.5: Gender Related Organisations
    • 9.8: Screening
      • 9.8.1: Informed Consent
    • 9.9: Health Strategies
      • 9.9.1: Health Strategy information
      • 9.9.2: Alcohol and Drugs
      • 9.9.3: Cancer Control
      • 9.9.4: Interpersonal Violence
      • 9.9.5: Oral Health
      • 9.9.6: Cardiovascular
      • 9.9.7: Mental Health
      • 9.9.8: Physical Activity
      • 9.9.9: Diabetes
      • 9.9.10: Nutrition
      • 9.9.11: Suicide Prevention
      • 9.9.13: Obesity
      • 9.9.14: Tobacco Control
    • 9.10: Health System
      • 9.10.2: Primary Health Care
      • 9.10.3: DTC Advertising
      • 9.10.4: Trans-Tasman Agencies (ANZTPA)
      • 9.10.5: National Womens Hospital
      • 9.10.8: Health Sector Reforms
    • 9.11: Consumer Representation
      • 9.11.1: Evidence Based Healthcare & Guidelines
      • 9.11.3: Consumer Collaboration
      • 9.11.4: WHA Consumer Representation
    • 9.12: Health Consumer Rights & Ethics
      • 9.12.1: Ethics Committees
      • 9.12.2: Health Records & Information Systems
      • 9.12.3: Health Consumer Rights & Advocacy
      • 9.12.4: Health Consumer Complaints
      • 9.12.5: Cartwright
      • 9.12.6: Direct-to-consumer Advertising
      • 9.12.7: Sexual Abuse in Doctor-Patient Relationships
    • 9.13: Resources
      • 9.13.1: Pamphlets
      • 9.13.2: Information Packs
      • 9.13.3: Breastfeeding Resources
      • 9.13.4: Books
    • 9.14: Updates, Bulletins, Newsletters
      • 9.14.1: Womens Health Updates
      • 9.14.2: Women's Health Watch
    • 9.15: Current Papers & Submissions
    • 9.16: Press Releases
    • 9.17: Womens Health Action Events
      • 9.17.1: WHA Coming Events
      • 9.17.2: WHA Past Events
      • 9.17.3: 2008 Suffrage Breakfast Photo Gallery
  • 10: About us
    • 10.1: Our vision
    • 10.3: Staff
    • 10.4: Annual Reports
    • 10.6: Our Work
  • 11: Home
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  • 9.5.1: Venue Registration for The Big Latch On 2010
  • 9.5.2: World Breastfeeding Week 2010
  • 9.5.3: Big Latch On 2010
  • 9.5.4: News
  • 9.5.5: World Breastfeeding Weeks
  • 9.5.6: Breastfeeding Friendly Workplaces
  • 9.5.7: Images
  • 9.5.8: Links
  • 9.5.9: The Code
  • 9.5.10: Breastfeeding Networks
  • 9.5.11: Resources
You are here: Home » Main Links » Breastfeeding » The Code

International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes

  • The real scandal behind the melamine headlines
  • Implementing and Monitoring the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Subtitutes in New Zealand by the Ministry of Health
  • The NGO: Infant Feeding Association of New Zealand monitoring the code
  • An eye on the industry - Article in WHU November 2006
  • Code Watch: 25 Years of Protecting Breastfeeding
  • Marketers, Ministries and consumers: The long struggle with the artificial baby milk industry

Women's Health Action has a 'Code watchers' email group. If you would like to join it for periodic information on the Code in New Zealand or if you have seen a violation:

Contact our Breastfeeding Advocate (09) 5205295 breastfeeding@womens-health.org.nz


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