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3 Transnat'l Law. 697 (1990)
The Nestle Infant Formula Controversy: Restricting the Marketing Practices of Multinational Corporations in the Third World

handle is hein.journals/tranl3 and id is 711 raw text is: The Nestle Infant Formula Controversy: Restricting the Marketing Practices of Multinational Corporations in the Third World Table of Contents INTRODUCTION .............................. 698 I. INFANT FORMULA IN THE THIRD WORLD ........ 701 A. Comparison of Breastmilk and Infant Formula For Third World Infants and Mothers ........................ 701 B. The Danger of Marketing Infant Formula in Developing Countries ............... 708 1. Internal Problems with Product Use 708 2. Third World Susceptibility to Marketing Strategies ........... 713 II. NESTLE S.A.'s INVOLVEMENT IN THE INFANT FORMULA PROBLEM ........................ 718 A. Nestle S.A., the MNC ............... 718 B. Tracing the Historical Development of Nestle's Problems as a Marketer of Infant Formula ........................ 720 III. THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND ThE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY ACTION ........... 724 A. WHO and WHA ................... 724 B. Action Taken by WHO in Response to the Infant Formula Problem ............. 726 C. Evaluation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes ..... 728 D. Problems with the Code ............. 729 697