Trojan Milk
Dec 05, 2018•32 min
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Episode description
Infant formula manufacturers were made pariah in the 70s, because of their marketing practices - this lead to “The Code”, adopted by the WHO, which set out clear guidelines about what those practices should be.
Now an investigation on bmj.com by Chris Van Tulleken, honorary senior lecturer at University College London, examines the practices associated with the marketing of specialist milk formula for children with cow’s milk protein allergy, and asks whether doctors organisations should be receiving money from that industry.
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