The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 as a "minimum requirement" to protect infant health and is to be implemented "in its entirety."

• What is the International Code ?
• Understanding the International Code
• Why monitor the International Code ?
• How to be a Code monitor
• A brief guide to spotting a violation
• IMS Act: An Introduction
• IMS Act: What you should know about it
• IMS Act Task Force
• TRAINING OF LEADERS IN MONITORING THE IMS ACT
• The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
• Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes of WHO in Switzerland (PDF)
• Cracking the Code. Nestlé systematically violating International Code, concludes new report. Cracking the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes
• Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes of WHO in Switzerland (PDF)
• Breaking the Law and Undermining Breastfeeding
• Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2004 - Summary

• Look What They're Doing - spotlight on the following countries
• China
• Indonesia

IBFAN's on-line monitoring form

• IBFAN global monitoring reports
• Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2001
• Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 1998

• State of the Code charts
• State of the Code by Company
• State of the Code by Country

Articles/Press Releases

• REPEAL of the IMS Act endangers breastfeeding
• Why India must not repeal IMS Act

IBFAN-ICDC ALERTS

• Nutricia in China alert July 2004
• Nutricia in China update May 2004
• Nutricia in China alert February 2004

Please report instances of unethical marketing of baby foods in your area. Take action to make a difference.