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The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
Author(s) -
Opie G,
Simmer KN
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00396.x
Subject(s) - medicine , obligation , breast milk , breastfeeding , code (set theory) , convention , food marketing , breast feeding , law , marketing , pediatrics , business , political science , set (abstract data type) , computer science , programming language , biochemistry , chemistry
Nowadays, transnational corporations (TNCs) are no longer territorially confined: they source their primary input in one State, produce in another, and sell their products in many different States, sometimes worldwide. States in which they operate, in particular those in the developing world, face great challenges when wanting to develop and adopt national regulations as TNCs can exercise substantial political and economical pressure upon legislative and regulatory bodies. Regrettably, TNCs remain only subjects to domestic laws, which are in most cases too weak to make them responsible for their actions, while at the international level almost no effective rules has been put in place to regulate their activities.