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A Policy Crossroads: Infant Formula Marketing and Australia’s Food Security Strategy
"Breastfeeding provides the shortest possible food supply chain." Photo by Petr Kratochvil, via Wikimedia Commons
Members Naomi Hull, Dr Libby Salmon, and Dr Jennifer Hocking have contributed a new blog exploring a critical moment in Australian public health policy.
This blog sets out to highlight the fact that the Australian Federal Department of Health and Aged Care is currently in the process of working out how best to regulate formula marketing, while the Federal Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is drafting Australia's 'food security' strategy — this is a policy crossroads and an opportunity that comes once in a generation or longer.
Now is the time to put the health and food security of infants and young children before profit.
About the authors
Naomi Hull is the National Coordinator of WBTiAUS and a PhD Candidate at the University of Sydney.
Dr Jennifer Hocking is the Lactation and Breastfeeding Information Expert Advisor at the Australian Breastfeeding Association.
Dr Libby Salmon is a Research Officer at the Australian National University and an active member of WBTiAUS and the ABA WHO Code Taskforce.
