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Countries must adopt policies to counter aggressive marketing by formula companies, urge UN agencies.

Cronobacter is known for causing severe, often fatal, illness in newborns and its main vehicle of transmission is powdered infant formula.

More than half of parents and pregnant women (51 per cent) surveyed for a new WHO/UNICEF report say they have been targeted with marketing from formula

Baby formula marketing ‘pervasive, misleading and aggressive’: UN report

Aggressive marketing of infant milk formula is more widespread and insidious despite a decades-long campaign to eradicate it, says a new study.

Almost all parents and pregnant women in China, Vietnam and the U.K. are exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing campaigns that breach global rules set up after scandals more than 40 years ago, according to a new report.

New WHO/Unicef report finds many formula marketing practices breach standards

Almost all parents and pregnant women in China, Vietnam and the U.K. are exposed to "aggressive" formula milk marketing campaigns that breach global rules, according to a new report. - VnExpress International

More than half of parents and pregnant women (51 per cent) surveyed for a new WHO/UNICEF report say they have been targeted with marketing from formula

Formula milk and tobacco are the only two products for which there are international guidelines to prevent marketing