ACTION FOR CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY:

An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: Action for Corporate Accountability, creator.
Title:Organizational records.
Dates:1966-1995 (bulk 1977-1984).
Language:Materials in English, French, Spanish, German.
Abstract:Records encompassing the organization's activities on the infant formula issue and the Nestle boycott. These records document infant formula promotion and "bottle baby disease" through photographs, examples of packaging, advertisements, point of sale promotions, hospital visits and staff interviews, and parent interviews.
Quantity:39.15 cubic feet (41 boxes).
Location:See Detailed Description section for shelf locations.

Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL NOTE

Action for Corporate Accountability (ACA) was incorporated by members of the organization Infant Formula Action (INFACT) who remained dedicated to INFACT's infant formula work. When INFACT chose to change direction away from the infant formula issue and to tackle other causes, these core members created ACA in order to continue the infant formula work. The situations which motivated the creation of INFACT and ACA are as follows.

The uncontrolled promotion of infant formula in the Third World contributed to widespread misuse of infant formulas, which resulted in thousands of infant deaths. In February 1974, War on Want (United Kingdom) published The Baby Killer, a report on infant malnutrition and its link to the promotion of artificial feeding in the Third World. The report shocked citizens in the U. K. and United States. In May 1974 the report was translated and published in Switzerland under the title Nestlé tötet babies (Nestlé Kills Babies). This translation and release so angered Nestlé that it brought a libel suit against the Arbeitsgruppe Dritte Welt (AgDW), which had generated the report.

The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) put shareholder pressure on infant formula companies to induce them to change their marketing practices. It also developed an Infant Formula Program (IFP), headed by Leah Margulies, to keep pressuring the companies and promote awareness of infant formula abuse. During April 1976 the Sisters of the Precious Blood filed a lawsuit against Bristol-Meyers for their role in infant formula promotion, which brought the issue to public attention in the United States.

In July 1977 the Third World Institute at the University of Minnesota's Newman Center launched a boycott of Nestlé products in protest of Nestlé's infant formula promotion tactics. They chose to target Nestlé because it was the largest producer of infant formulas and held 60% of the formula market in the Third World. INFACT was established to coordinate the spreading grassroots boycott of Nestlé products. The Third World Institute served as INFACT's national boycott headquarters. Local U.S. chapters of INFACT held a national conference in November 1977 calling for an international boycott of Nestlé products in July of that year. Canada, New Zealand, and Australia joined the boycott in 1978 and the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Germany joined in 1980.

INFACT, ICCR, and other groups urged the United States government to investigate the infant formula companies and infant feeding practices. During 1978 and 1981 the U.S. Senate and House held hearings concerning Nestlé and other formula manufacturers.

The National Council of Churches (NCC) and INFACT sponsored an international meeting, held during September 1979, for organizations supporting and promoting the boycott. In order to coordinate worldwide boycott efforts the International Nestlé Boycott Committee (INBC) was created at this meeting. The INBC acted as a steering committee for boycott efforts, however, its primary responsibility was as the negotiating body and voice for the forty-nine member organizations.

The International Organization of Consumers Unions (Penang, Malaysia) began lobbying UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1972. ICCR and INFACT joined their efforts in 1977. This lobbying resulted in the WHO/UNICEF Joint Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding, held in Geneva, Switzerland on October 9-12, 1979. The meeting called for the development and establishment of international guidelines for marketing breast milk substitutes. The "International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes" was adopted at the World Health Assembly in 1981.

In November 1979 the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) was formed by INFACT to be the hub of an international network of interested groups. IBFAN described itself "as a facade of unity; a 'paper tiger'." It acted as an international pressure group which monitored and reported on industry promotion and marketing, and distributed such information to member groups. IBFAN had three central offices administered by member organizations: in Switzerland under the Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA); in the U.S.A. under INFACT headquartered in Minneapolis (Minnesota); and in Malaysia under the International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU).

Nestlé responded to the WHO Code and allegations of code violations by creating the Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC) (1982), a purportedly independent commission chaired by former U.S. Senator Edmund S. Muskie. NIFAC was to investigate and make determinations on the validity of the accusations submitted by INFACT and INBC and to recommend action by Nestlé. Nestlé's other defense was the Nestlé Coordination Center on Nutrition (NCCN). This corporate office, headed by Rafael Pagan, was devoted to diffusing the infant formula issue and bolstering Nestlé's public relations image in the United States.

By October 1984, INBC and Nestlé had negotiated an agreement in which Nestlé would abide by the WHO code and the boycott would be terminated. INFACT called a halt to the Nestlé boycott in the United States and urged other international groups to cease the boycott as well. Unconvinced that Nestlé would comply without continued pressure, INFACT and IBFAN made strong moves to monitor Nestlé activities in foreign countries to ensure that Nestlé upheld the agreement. INFACT developed and funded a monitoring program, directed by Carol-Linnea Salmon. Between 1984 and 1988 INBC referred to itself as the International Negotiators for Babyfood Code Compliance and participated in monitoring Nestlé and other companies.

Buoyed by their success against Nestlé, the governing body of INFACT decided in 1985 to tackle General Electric (GE) and nuclear arms production issues. The INFACT headquarters moved to Boston (Massachusetts). INFACT staff devoted to the infant formula issue disagreed with this change in direction and felt that there were insufficient funds for tackling a fresh grassroots campaign and boycott. In January of 1986, staff dedicated to the infant formula work split from INFACT and became IBFAN U.S.A. In April 1986 IBFAN U.S.A. changed its name to Action for Corporate Accountability (ACA).

Mediation between INFACT and ACA took place to determine funding, particularly the Thelma Smith bequest which was given to INFACT, but designated for infant formula work. Mediation also addressed name use and recognition rights, and other details of the separation of the groups. ACA continued monitoring Nestlé and other formula manufacturers. Because of continued violations of the WHO code, ACA reinstated the boycott of Nestlé in 1989 and included American Home Products as well. They also addressed infant feeding issues in the United States.


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Expand/CollapseSCOPE AND CONTENTS

The Action for Corporate Accountability Records are divided into four major groups: Infant Formula Action (INFACT) Records, ACA records, Company Files, and Affiliate Groups.

The Infant Formula Action (INFACT) records (1966-1994) (boxes 1-18, 39) consist of correspondence, minutes, board of directors reports, budgets, financial reports, internal memoranda, and some legal files. There are copies of bulk mailing packets and boycott promotion materials. Print advertisements from Nestlé, Wyeth Laboratories, Bristol-Meyers, Carnation, Dumex, Milupa, and other corporations selling infant foods were gathered for research and as examples of marketing practices. There are newsletters produced by INFACT as well as single issues from various supporting or endorsing groups. INFACT's infant formula issue research literature files are composed of medical and scientific articles pertaining to health, infant feeding, and malnutrition. The press and publications files contain hundreds of newspaper clippings concerning the infant formula issue, press releases, and public announcements issued by INFACT. The United States government files contain correspondence and other information on U.S. legislation and the Senate and House hearings held between 1978 and 1981. The monitoring infant formula manufacturers files consist of research files, which document infant formula promotion before the WHO code, and monitoring files which address compliance with the code. Both of these subseries include transcripts of interviews, hospital maternity ward surveys, photographs, posters, and advertisements gathered on trips to Third World nations.

The Action for Corporate Accountability (ACA) Records (1979-1995) (boxes 15, 17, 19-22) comprise similar series, and also include the legal and mediation files pertaining to the split of INFACT and ACA and the Thelma Smith bequest.

The Company Files (1973-1994) (boxes 21, 23-27) encompass corporate information, advertisements, public relations materials, and correspondence with officials at Abbott/Ross Laboratories, American Home Products, Bristol-Meyers, Nestlé and other infant products manufacturers. It also contains correspondence with the International Council of Infant Food Industries (ICIFI) which was established in 1975. The Nestlé files include quarterly reports, correspondence and preliminary determinations from the Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC).

The Affiliate Groups files (1973-1994) (box 27-38) contain correspondence, flyers, newsletters, meeting notes, minutes, and reports from groups actively involved with the infant formula issue and the Nestlé boycott. These groups include The International Nestlé Boycott Committee (INBC) and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) which were created by INFACT in conjunction with other groups. There are files from independent agencies such as the Baby Milk Action Coalition (BMAC), the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), and War on Want. Some of these groups maintained their own correspondence, monitoring, and violations files. There are reports, resolutions, and correspondence from international bodies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Health Assembly (WHA), and UNICEF.

The collection provides an excellent view of a successful grassroots organization that grew not only to a national, but to an international level, and documents a victorious consumer boycott of a multinational corporation. The core of these records, however, is not the daily operation and management of a not-for-profit group or a consumer boycott. The administrative records in this collection are incomplete. The grassroots nature of INFACT in its early days, communication problems inherent to a nationwide volunteer organization, management problems, internal disagreements over goals and direction for the group after the cessation of the boycott, and a division of the organization's records contribute to the limited quantity of administrative files in this collection.

The bulk of this collection reveals the campaign materials, the international effort, and massive evidence base upon which the cooperating groups built their case against Nestlé and other formula producers. Since INFACT was central to the operations of all aspects of the network, boycott, and negotiations, the records offer information on the roles played by a significant number of key groups and individuals within the campaign.

Expect many files, especially those researching and monitoring formula in the Third World to have non-English text. Since the researchers were, for the most part, from the United States, the primary language in all files is English.

Historical information is taken from the collection.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

These records are divided into four main sections:

Infant Formula Action (INFACT) Records, 1966-1994
Background and Establishment, 1981-1986, [1991]
Administration, 1976-1986
United States Government Files, 1976-1994
Infant Formula Issue Research Literature, 1976-1985
Infant Formula Campaign, 1976-1985
Grassroots, 1976-1986
Monitoring Infant Formula Manufacturers, 1970-1989
Press and Publication Files, 1966-1985
Action for Corporate Accountability (ACA) Records, 1979-1995
Transition Documents, 1985-1988
Administration, 1985-1995
Fund Raising, Proposals, and Projects, 1986-1993
Monitoring Infant Formula Manufacturers, 1985-1993
Grassroots, 1985-1995
Infant Formula Issue Research Literature, 1986-1992
Outreach Files, 1985-1995
Press and Publications Files, 1983-1986-1995
Legal Files, 1979-1989
Nancy E. Gaschott Files, 1981-1994
Company Files, 1973-1944
International Council of Infant Food Industries (ICIFI), 1979-1982
Corporate Information, 1977-1989
Nonessential Companies, 1977-1993
Abbott/Ross Laboratories, 1975-1989
American Home Products/Wyeth Laboratories, 1973-1989
Bristol-Meyers (Mead Johnson), 1975-1989
Nestlé, 1974-1994
Affiliate Groups, 1973-1994
Baby Milk Action Coalition (BMAC), 1985-1994
Balikatan at Ugnayang Naglalayong Suagip as Sanggol (BUNSO), [1982]-1986
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), 1973-1993
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), 1979-1994
International Nestlé Boycott Committee (INBC), 1979-1993
UNICEF, 1975-1994
War on Want, 1977-1981
World Health Organization (WHO) and World Health Assembly (WHA), 1978-1994


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Expand/CollapseADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and or series here]. Action for Corporate Accountability. Organization Records. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 15,382; 15,459; 16,380; 17,186

Processing Information:

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 990017345670104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Expand/CollapseINFANT FORMULA ACTION (INFACT) RECORDS, 1966-1994.

Expand/CollapseBackground and Establishment, 1981-1986, [1991].

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144.B.14.10F1Background and chronology, undated, [1991].
Bylaws, July 1981.
Form 1023 attachments, 1984-1986.
Douglas Johnson's Infant Formula Campaign Strategic History Project:
Correspondence, planning, notes, 1985-1986.
Drafts and comments, 1985-1986.
Chapter 1, August 10, 1987.
Chapter 10, undated.
Receipt of the Letelier-Moffitt Memorial Human Rights Award, 1982.

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144.B.14.10F1DMG [Decision Making Group]:
DMG structure, undated, 1978.
DMG work, 1979.
DMG mailing, 1979-1980.
DMG meetings, 1978-1983. 2 folders.
Moe Rodenstein, Funding Raising Coordinator, 1980-1981.
DMG check-in:
Atwater, Tim, 1981.
Baer, Ed, 1980, 1983.
Blackwell, Angela, 1984.
Campbell, Lynn, 1981.
Cramer-Heverman, Jack, undated.
Happe, Lois, 1980.
Hurst, Barbara, undated.
Johnson, Douglas A., 1981.
Lamy, Elaine, 1980.
Margulies, Leah, 1980, 1982.
Mingle, Charles, 1980.
O'Shaughnessy, Brian, 1980.
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144.B.14.10F1Powell, Shirley, 1980.
Reif, Pat, undated.
Ritchie, Mark, undated.
Schaedlich, Paula, 1980.
Sobel, Carol, undated.
Tappan, Patty, 1980.
Board of directors:
Board of directors, 1982-1983. 3 folders.
Board meetings, March, May, and September 1984.
Closing of INFACT national office in Minneapolis, July 10, 1985.
[Newsletter] editorial board, 1980.
Administrative workshops:
Camp Kingswood infant formula planning workshop, February 25-28, 1984.
Chicago strategic planning workshop, April 8-11, 1983.
CODEL, Inc. seminar Continuing the Fight for the WHO Infant Formula Code, March 14, 1985.
Futures planning workshop, March 18-20 1983; December 2-4, 1983.
Infant formula program planning workshops, 1982, 1984.
Planning our international work workshop, January 14-17, 1983.
Planning meetings:
Campaign department, 1983-1984.
CMS planning meeting, November 1985.
Department heads planning session for the period September 1, 1984-April 30, 1985, July 9 and 11, 1984.
Infant formula campaign strategy meeting, November 29-December 2, 1983.
Infant Formula Compliance Unit (IFCU):
Infant Formula Unit planning meeting, March 20-25, 1984.
Planning meetings, 1984.
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144.B.14.11B2Plans, 1984.s 2 folders.
Planning, 1985.
Financial report, 1985.
Work, 1985.
Infant Formula Work Group meeting, December 13, 1982.
International Department strategies, 1983. 2 folders.
Outreach Team notebook: Coordinating meeting reports, 1980.
National office planning, undated, 1982.
Planning meeting (organizational), May 9, 1983.
Planning session for Nestlé/INBC negotiations, March 1983.
Sample projections: Post-victory, 1984.
Strategy Team meeting, 1982-1983.
Strategy meeting for targeting American Home Products, 1983-1984.
Victory celebration, February 29, 1984.
Washington planning session, March 18-20, 1983.
Taster's Choice coffee product boycott plans.
National INFACT conferences:
National boycott, September 11, 1979.
National conference, March 7-9, 1980.
5th national conference, July 10-12, 1981. 2 folders.
Boycott strategy conference, undated.
Participation in INBC meeting, Gex, France, May 27-29, 1983.
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144.B.14.11B2Staff:
Personnel policy, 1982-1986.
Consultation report, 1982.
Report on problem solving and conflict resolution.
Evaluation of Nancy Cole, Executive Director, 1985.
Staff file, undated, 1980-1984.
Clement, Douglas: Contract, 1985.
Margulies, Leah: Law school, 1984.
Seitz, Ruth Hoover: Contract and correspondence, 1981-1983.
Shy, Ruth: Campaign Center Director, 1984.
Finances:
Audits, 1979, 1981, 1983. 3 folders.
Budgets, 1979-1985. 5 folders.
Financial statements: Unaudited, 1984-1986.
Funding proposals:
Fund raising agreement between compliance and general, undated.
Infant Formula Compliance Unit (IFCU), 1984-1985.
State Model Plan grant and proposal, undated.
Correspondence:
Internal correspondence, undated, 1978-1984.
Correspondence and phone calls to IBFAN regarding Quito, Ecuador, 1985-1986.
Baer, Ed of ICCR, 1977-1979.
Beech-nut Chewing Gum (Lifesavers, Inc./Squibb Enterprises, Inc.), 1979-1980.
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144.B.14.12F3Bottle Babies film, 1975-1978.
Exchanges between Dr. Nimrod O. Bwibo, Dr. Elizabeth Hillman, Peter Kreig, Doug Clement, et. al.
Clement, Doug, 1980-1982.
Clement, Doug: Publishers and editors, 1978-1982.
Deer Park Baking Company, 1979.
Gerlach, Luther P., 1978.
International Council of Infant Food Industries (ICIFI), 1976, 1980-1981.
Jelliffe, Dr. Derrik B., 1977-1983.
Johnson, Douglas, undated, 1978-1980.
Latham, Dr. Michael, 1978-1980.
Margulies, Leah of ICCR, 1977-1980.
Mingle, Charles, 1978-1980.
Norway Dairy Sales Association, 1978-1979.
Van Esterick, Penny, 1979-1980.

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These files, collected by INFACT, pertain to the congressional hearings on the infant formula issue. They also reflect the lobbying efforts of INFACT and its affiliated groups. There are a number of files of correspondence between INFACT and various congressmen and other public officials as the group networked and pushed legislation on their issue. The dates of this material indicate that these files were also used by ACA.
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144.B.14.12F3United States House of Representatives hearings.
Correspondence and notes, undated and 1980.
Sam Ervin on behalf of Grocery Manufacturers of America, May 1981.
Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Statements before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade:
Transcript of Statements Before the Subcommittee, February 11, 1980.
David O. Cox, President of Ross Laboratories, a Division of Abbott Laboratories, January 30, 1980.
John F. Dolan, Vice President and General Counsel of Nestlé Enterprises, Inc., February 11, 1980.
Dr. Martin J. Forman, Director of the Office of Nutrition, U.S. Agency for International Development, January 10, 1980.
Douglas Johnson, Chairman of INFACT and Leah Margulies, Director of the Infant Formula Program, ICCR, January 10, 1980.
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144.B.14.12F3Gary W. Mize, President of Mead-Johnson Nutritionals, January 30, 1980.
John R. Stafford, Executive Vice President of American Home Products, February 11, 1980.
Statements before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations:
David O. Cox, President of Ross Laboratories, a Division of Abbott Laboratories, June 16, 1981.
Leah Margulies, Codirector of the Infant Formula Project, ICCR, June 16, 1981.
United States Senate Hearings:
Correspondence, notes, and strategic planning, 1977-1978.
Committee on Human Resources:
Statements before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research:
Abbott/Ross Laboratories, May 23, 1978.
Bristol-Meyers, May 23, 1978.
Leah Margulies, ICCR, May 23, 1978.
Nestlé-Brazil, May 23, 1978.
Wyeth International, May 23, 1978.
Hearing on the marketing and promotion of infant formula in developing countries: Outlines, prepared questions, and critiques, 1978.
Special public forum on infant formula marketing: Testimony of Douglas Johnson, National Chairman of INFACT, May 20, 1981.
Other hearings and statements:
Testimony to the Committee on Human Services of the District of Columbia regarding the Infant Feeding Rights Act of 1982, undated and April 18, 1983.
Statement of National Citizen's Coalition for the U.S. Government Interagency Task Group on the WHO/UNICEF Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes, April 6, 1981.
National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, 1991-1992.
Hearing on infant feeding, July 9, [1979].
Testimony of Dr. James Albrecht to the Presidential Commission on World Hunger, April 25, 1979.
Testimony of Dr. Sandra Huffman to the Select Committee on Hunger, April 26, 1989.
Legislation files:
H. R. 4093, 1979. 3 folders.
H. R. 4535 "Harkin Bill," 1981.
H. R. 5836 "Gore Bill," November 8, 1979.
H. R. 6587 (Amendment to the Export Administration Act of 1979), 1979-1980.
H. R. 6942 International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980.
House and Senate concurrent resolution (H. 122) and (S. 111), 1981.
S. 1193 Amendment, undated.
S. 2714 International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980.
Council of District Columbia Infant Feeding Rights Act of 1982.
Materials on legislation, undated and 1976-1977.
President Carter's export proposal reaction, undated and 1978-1979.
A Rational Approach to Export Controls, by Jonathan B. Bingham and Victor C. Johnson, undated.
Antitrust Guide: On the Extra-territorial Application of the U.S. Antitrust Laws and Their Effects on Developing Countries, by Pierre Bergeron, 1982.
State legislation, undated and 1984, 1993-1994.
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144.B.14.12F3Laws and policies:
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, undated and 1979-1983.
Infant formula and maternity laws (international), 1977-1979.
Local law: New York state on infant feeding, 1983-1985.
U.S. government policy on the WHO code, 1981.
Government contacts:
Congressional Record, 1979-1984.
Administration "contacts," 1977-1989.
H. R. "contacts," 1977-1981.
Senate "contacts," 1977-1988.
[Form] letters to Senators and Representatives, 1977-1993.
Report on D.C. trip to encourage legislative initiatives, June 23-25, 1993.
Ernest Lefever and "Nestlégate"
INFACT found the appointment of Lefever a cause for objection. He was not sympathetic to their cause and the ethics of his human rights platform had come under scrutiny. During the same period it was revealed that Nestlé planned a cover-up. Nestlé had agreed publicly to abide by the WHO Code, but did not intend to honor that agreement. This was dubbed "Nestlégate" by the INFACT staff. Why records of these two events were kept together by INFACT is unclear.
Lefever appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, 1981.
See also the Press and Publication files (box 18) for collected newspaper clippings on this topic.
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144.B.14.13B4Lefever appointment as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, 1981.
"Nestlégate," 1979-1981.
See also the Press and Publication files (box 18) for collected newspaper clippings on this topic.
Government departments and programs
Agency for International Development (AID), 1979-1981. 2 folders.
John Bryant, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1980.
State Department "flap," 1980.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC):
WIC, 1979-1981.
Breastfeeding legislation, 1987-1988.
Infant formula distribution, 1983-1987. 2 folders.
WIC study, 1986-1987.

Expand/CollapseInfant Formula Issue Research Literature, 1976-1985

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144.B.14.13B4Inside:
Articles authored by INFACT and other affiliated activist groups. These articles are in alphabetical order by title.
Awareness and Action in the Third World, by Douglas Clement, undated.
"The Boycott Must Continue," by Douglas Johnson in Food Monitor 14 (January/February 1980).
The Case for the Code, November 1983.
Corporate Examiner Special Issue draft text, undated.
Feeding Babies--A Shared Responsibility, undated.
"Growing Nestlé Boycott Haunts Infant Formula Makers," by Fred Clarkson in Win, March 1, 1981.
INFACT Victory and Beyond, 1984.
Infant Formula Malnutrition, by Doug Clement, September 10, 1977.
"Infant Formula Malnutrition: Threat to the Third World," by Doug Clement in Christian Century (March 1, 1978) and Learning With 6:3 (March 1978).
Infant Formula Marketing in Singapore, by Doug Clement, November 1982.
"Infant Formula Practice in the U.S.," by Steve Wirtz in Science for the People (March/April 1984).
Is Infant Formula Promotion an Insignificant Problem?, by Doug Clement, undated.
Infant Formula Promotion in South Africa--1979, by Douglas Clement, March 1980.
"In the 'Third World' Day Care Isn't a Problem," by Charles Mingle in PTA Today 6:1 (May 1980).
"Nestlé's Latest Killing in the Bottle Baby Market," by Douglas Clement in Business and Society Review (Summer 1978).
Nestlé and the Roots of Hunger, undated and 1979-1980. 2 folders.
"People Power Works: A Retrospective of the Nestlé Boycott," by Lois Happe in Science for the People (March/April 1984).
Policy vs. Practice: the Reality of Formula Promotion, May 1979.
A Summary Critique of "Infant Feeding in the Developing Countries," January 1978.
INFACT critique of a 1977 Nestlé publication.
Outside:
Articles and studies authored by unaffiliated persons or institutions. These articles are in alphabetical order by title.
Bibliographies and scientific abstracts on infant feeding, 1976-1981.
"Administrative Petition to Relieve the Health Hazards of Promotion of Infant Formula in the U.S.," in Birth and Family Journal 8:4 (Winter 1981).
Bottle Babies: A Guide to the Baby Foods Issue, by Jane Cottingham for Women's International Information and Communication Service (ISIS), March 1976.
"The Bottle Baby Scandal: Milking the Third World for All Its Worth," by Barbara Carson in Mother Jones (December 1977).
"Breast-feeding and Morbidity In Industrialized Countries: An Update," by Allen S. Cunningham in Mortality Studies, undated.
"Breast-feeding and Population Growth," by John Knodel in Science (December 1977).
"Breastfeeding and Weaning Among the Poor," in Lactation Review 3:1 (1978).
"La Campana de IBFAN en America Latina Planeamiento 1985-1986," 1985.
"Carious Teeth Lesions Caused by Sweetened Herbal Tea," by W.-E. Wetzel in Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 130: 726-730 (1982).
"Challenging Multinational Corporations: the Case of the Bristol-Meyers Company in the Netherlands," by Fons van der Velden in Mainstream (August 4, 1984).
"The Corporation Haters," by Herman Nickel in Fortune, June 16, 1980.
The Economic Value of Breastfeeding, by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome 1974.
An Ethnographic Study of the Midwife in Taiwan: An Alternative Model for Maternity Care, by Janet F. Wang, undated.
"Feeding in Early Infancy and Primary Health Care," by Derrick B. Jelliffe and E. F. Patrice Jelliffe in Ecology of Food and Nutrition 9 (1980).
Infant Feeding and Health in Ibadan [Nigeria], by Freedom from Hunger, September 1973.
The Feeding of the Very Young: an Approach to Determination of Policies, by the Nutrition Foundation, October 1978.
"Hazards of Formula Feeding," by John W. Gerrard and Leonard K.-T. Tan in Keeping Abreast: Journal of Human Nurturing (January-March 1978).
"Impact of Breast Milk on the Cost-Effectiveness of the Special Care Unit for the Newborn," by S. R. Daga and A. S. Daga in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 31 (April 1985).
Infant Food Companies in Europe and the United States and Their Policies for Marketing in the Developing World, by Bo Wickström, April 1977.
Infant Food Marketing Practices: a Study of Transnational Infant Food Companies and Marketing Behavior in Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, and the Philippines, by Bo Wickström and Göran Götberg, December 13, 1977.
"Infant Formula: An Activist Campaign," in Business International, undated.
"Infant Formula as a Cause of Aluminium Toxicity in Neonatal Uraemia" by Michael Freundlich, et al in The Lancet, September 7, 1985.
Infant Formula Controversy, by Robin Lightman, December 16, 1980.
"Infant Formula Promotion and Infant Feeding Practices, Bicol Region, Philippines," by Charles C. Griffin, et al in American Journal of Public Health 74:9 (September 1984).
Infant Formula Survey of Marketing Practices, by Louis Harris and Associates, Inc., 1984.
"Infant Nutrition and Feeding Techniques," by Patricia Worthington in Pediatric Nursing (January/February 1977).
Infant and Young Child Feeding and International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in the U.S.: A Report to WHO, by the Office of International Health, Department of Health and Human Services, August 1983.
"Influencing Multinational Corporations: the Infant Formula Controversy," by Barbara C. Hewson in International Law and Politics 10:125 [1979-1980].
"The Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility and Its Campaign Against Marketing Infant Formula in the Third World," by M. David Erman and William H. Clements II in Social Problems 32:2 (December 1984).
Investigation Sobre la Lactancia Materna y el Mercadeo de la Leche en Polvo, May 1981.
"Late Infantile Tetany and Secondary Hyperparathyroidism in Infants Fed Humanized Cow Milk Formula," by Pankaja S. Venkataraman, et al in American Journal of Diseases in Children 139:7 (July 1985).
The Nestlé Controversy--Anatomy of a Boycott, by John A. Sparks, Public Policy Education Fund, Inc., undated.
The New Activism and the Corporation, by Ray Amara and Gregory Schmid, October 1981.
The Place of Artificial Feeding in Africa, statement by Adeoye Adeniyi, M.D., D.C.H., senior consultant in pediatrics, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria, undated.
"Politics and Baby Formula in the Third World," by Ernest W. Lefever in Wall Street Journal, January 14, 1981.
Post, James E.: Articles, undated and 1977-1985.
The Promotion of Bottle Feeding By Multinational Corporations: How Advertising and the Health Professions Have Contributed, by Ted Greiner, 1975.
"The Recent Trend in Breast-feeding," by Gilbert A. Martinez and John P. Nalezienski in Pediatrics 64:5 (November 5, 1979).
Recommendations for Research on the Relationship Between Infant Mortality and Infant Feeding in Industrialized Countries, undated.
Regulation and Education: Strategies for Solving the Bottle Feeding Problem, by Ted Greiner, 1977.
The Role of the Market in Infant Nutrition: the Role of Nestlé in Infant Formula, case study by [Tim] Kuhns, undated.
"Skim Milk in Infant Feeding," by S. J. Fomon, et al in Acta Paeditar Scand 66 17:30 (1977).
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144.B.14.14F5"Soy-Based Formula in the Treatment of Infantile Diarrhea," by Rosemary D. Leake, et al in American Journal of Diseases of Children 126:3 (March 1974).
"A Soy Protein Formula and a Milk-Based Formula," by August L. Jung and Stephen L. Carr in Clinical Pediatrics 16:11 (November 1977).
"Stop the Baby Milk Pushers," in New Internationalist 110 (April 1982).
The whole issue is devoted to the infant formula issue.
"A Survey of Place of Delivery, Mode of Milk Feeding and Immunization in a Primary Health Care Center in Saudi Arabia," by Janet B. Thomas Elias in Saudi Medical Journal 6:2: 169-176 (1985).
Toward an Understanding of the Possibilities for Transformation in Multinational Conflict: an Examination of the Nestlé Controversy, by George A. Garland, 1982.
"Variability of Osmolality of Home Prepared Formula Milk Samples," by T. F. Ho, et al in Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 31 (April 1985).
"The Weanling's Dilemma: Bacterial Contamination in Traditional Gambian Weaning Foods," by M. G. M. Rowland, R. A. E. Barrell, and R. G. Whitehead in The Lancet, January 21, 1978.

Expand/CollapseInfant Formula Campaign, 1976-1985

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144.B.14.14F5Campaign department.
Boston training, undated.
Model city program, 1981.
Boycott ads correspondence and preparation, 1982.
Boycott ads and posters, undated.
These items are housed in an oversized folder in box 39 of this collection.
Pressure campaign, October-November 1982.
Taster's Choice boycott:
Campaign plan, January-June 1983, undated and 1982-1983.
Magazine and other print ads, undated and 1983.
TV ad mock-up, 1983.
This file is located in box 39.
Consumer Action Boycott (CAB) plan.
Notes, goals, and planning, undated and 1982.
Campaign center development, 1981-1982.
Campaign center program, undated.
Campaign center: Chicago, Illinois, 1982-1983.
Campaign center: Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1984.
Campaign center: New York City, New York, 1982.
Funding and strategy, undated and 1982-1984.
Nestlé product listing and revenue information, undated and [1982].
Training, San Francisco, California, June 19-20, 1982.
Training, Spring 1983.
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144.B.14.14F5Campaign activities.
Boycott ads in Mother Jones magazine, 1977-1978.
Boycott Nestlé Halloween rally, October 31, 1981.
Breastfeeding promotion film by Mike Tomlinson, 1983.
Breast feeding promotional literature, undated and 1981.
Campaign in England, undated and 1981.
See also: First World Activism: England (box 10), Baby Milk Action Coalition (BMAC) (box 26), and War on Want files (box 36).
Company policies on WHO code and formula marketing, 1984-1985.
Criteria for the Nestlé boycott demands, 1979.
Events and announcements, 1977-1980.
International response to WHA 35.26 Resolution Concerning WHO Code, 1982.
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144.B.14.14F5International petition drive.
Petition drive mailing, February 18, 1983.
Petition tally, 1983.
Petition delivery, Washington, D.C., December 15, 1983.
International twinning program.
The twinning program's purpose was to pair a Third World boycott or consumer awareness group with a U.S. action group in order to facilitate information sharing and give material and financial support to the Third World group.
Twinning, 1984.
Regasmuni-Denver Justice and Peace Commission paired, 1985-1986.
Joint MIT-Harvard seminar on international food and nutrition problems, April 14, 1980.
Postcard campaign against formula companies.
Abbot/Ross Laboratories, 1984.
American Home Products, 1984.
Bristol-Meyers, 1984.
Publications using our photographs, 1983.
Response to Nestlé, October 1982.
INFACT response to the initial Nestlé instructions in compliance with the WHO code.
Solicitation to the National Association of College and University Food Services (NACUFS) to participate in the boycott, 1978.
Stouffer's campaign, 1980.
Stouffer's advertisements and pamphlets, undated and 1979-1981.
Summaries on formula promotion, 1979-1980.
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144.B.14.14F5Campaign packets.
Information and activity packets sent to interested persons or groups. The packet provided information on "bottle baby" disease, the boycott, and contact numbers. Some packets solicited picket participation or community outreach for the INFACT campaign.
Packet contents, pre-1980, undated and 1976-1979.
This file's original title was: educational resources.
Action Group Coordinator notebook, 1983.
Campus action packet, undated and 1979, 1981.
Clip Nestlé Quick packet, undated.
Endorser notebook, Summer 1983-Spring 1984.
Fall campaign packet, 1980.
Requests for fall campaign packet, 1980.
IBFAN's "Breast Is Best" action packet, 1982-1983.
Infant formula action packet, undated.
Requests for boycott action packet and Taster's Choice bumper stickers, etc., 1982-1983.
INCB/INFACT/ICCR action pack, November 1985.
Nestlé boycott organizer training packet, 1982.
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144.B.14.15B6Organizing a local Nestlé boycott, undated.
Picket packet, 1981.
Stouffer's and Rusty Scupper boycott packet, 1980.
Infant formula issue awareness/boycott promotion material:
Flyers, brochures, and mailings and other items for distribution. This material is similar to the contents of the campaign packets and some items are identical. These items were probably meant to be dispersed as single items or small mailings.
Mailing list coding system, 1980.
Action alert mailing, March 26, 1981.
Boycott materials in French, undated and 1980-1981.
Boycott materials in Spanish, undated and 1981-1983.
Boycott songs and poems, undated and 1979-1980.
Educating on the issue, 1981.
Film lists, undated.
National list of groups owning infant formula issue films.
Office [form] letters, undated and 1978-1979.
Political cartoons supporting the boycott/infant formula issue, 1981.
Resource list: Text and audio/visual materials, 1979-1980.
Outreach mailings, 1979-1983. 2 folders.
"Source material," undated and 1980-1984. 3 folders.
These three folders contain flyers, brochures, and mailings and other items. Its title "source material" does not indicate that it is data or research information.

Expand/CollapseGrassroots, 1976-1986

These files record INFACT's network and activist base. Most of these files solicit support and endorsement of INFACT and its cause, but don't necessarily solicit funds. The distinction between a boycott supporting group and a boycott endorsing group is not completely clear in these files. The dates and names within each category overlap. It is reasonable to assume that endorsement was a more serious level of commitment to the INFACT campaign. Endorsers were listed as such in advertisements, flyers, and on some letterhead.
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144.B.14.15B6Action Groups:
These are local groups promoting and participating in the Nestlé boycott and infant formula campaign. Some are formalized branches of INFACT while others are independent groups acting in INFACT's interest.
Action groups, 1982.
Correspondence, 1983-1984. 2 folders.
"Excitement Sharing," 1983.
Updates from action groups on the petition drive and other successful boycott activities.
Mailings, 1983-1984.
Packet additions for action groups, 1983.
Potential action groups (Taster's Choice campaign), 1983.
Report (Taster's Choice campaign), 1983.
Survey, 1982.
Action groups:
Arlington INFACT (Arlington, Texas), 1983-1984.
Baltimore Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC) (Baltimore, Maryland), 1982-1984.
Boston INFACT (Boston, Massachusetts):
1979, 1986.
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123.E.12.7BOrganizational and publicity materials, undated, 1978-1981.
Includes artist’s rendering for Boston chapter logo.
Posters and photographs, undated.
United Church of Christ boycott materials, 1978-1984. 2 folders.
Correspondence, flyers, resolutions, and printed material relating to the campaign, principally organized by Lois Happe, to garner support from New England United Church of Christ congregations.
Lois Happe. “Strategy for Continued Participation in the Infant Formula Campaign,” February 9, 1981.
Paper written for an Ethics and the Modern Corporation university class.
Lois Happe’s workbooks, undated. 2 volumes in 2 folders.
Notebooks maintained by Happe during her Boston INFACT campaigns containing notes of individuals contacted, meetings attended, and strategy sessions.
Published materials, 1975-1984. 2 folders.
Includes assorted articles, serials, and near-print items concerning baby formula. Some of these items may be duplicated in the main collection of ACA records.
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144.B.14.15BCalifornia action groups, 1983-1984.
Capital District INFACT (Albany, New York), 1983.
Cincinnati INFACT (Cincinnati, Ohio), 1981.
Cleveland INFACT Coalition (Cleveland, Ohio), 1982-1984.
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144.B.14.15B6Denver Justice and Peace Committee (Denver, Colorado), 1982-1984.
Friends of the Third World (Fort Wayne, Indiana), 1981.
INFACT Canada, 1980-1984.
Iowa City INFACT (Iowa City, Iowa), 1982.
Minnesota action groups, 1983-1984.
New York action groups, 1984.
North Carolina INFACT, 1981-1983.
Oak Park Chapter INFACT (Oak Park, Illinois), 1983.
Ohio Public Interest Research Group (OPIRG) (Columbus, Ohio), 1982-1983.
Peoria Chapter INFACT (Peoria, Illinois), 1982-1984.
Philadelphia Action Group (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), 1984.
Portland INFACT (Portland, Oregon), 1979-1981. 2 folders.
Washington Association of Churches (Washington), 1982-1984.
Wyeth Watchers (Burlington, Vermont), 1982-1984.
Boycott supporters:
Addresses, undated.
Supporters correspondence:
Supporters with a limited quantity of correspondence are filed together in alphabetical order.
A-K, 1980-1981.
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144.B.14.16F7L-Z, 1980-1981.
Supporters files:
American Association of Evangelical Students (AAES), 1979.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT), 1982-1983.
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), 1980-1981.
American Lutheran Church and Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1982.
American Public Health Association (APHA), 1981-1983.
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981-1982.
Biohazards Action Network, undated and 1981.
Boycott Census (Norway, Maine), 1978-1981.
Business International, 1980-1981.
Catholic contacts, 1978-1983.
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), undated and 1980.
Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC) (New York, New York), 1977-1978.
Colleges, 1979-1980.
Community Nutrition Institute (CNI), 1981.
Consumer Federation of America, undated and 1979, 1984, 1989.
Coordinating Council for Hunger Concerns (CCHC), 1979.
Episcopal, 1981-1982.
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), 1978-1979.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: World Food Day, 1981.
Food cooperatives, 1979-1980.
Foundation for Public Affairs, 1984.
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144.B.14.16F7Heritage foundations, 1983-1986.
Hesperian Foundation, 1981.
Human Lactation Center, Ltd., 1978-1979.
Institute for Food and Development Policy, 1979.
International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA), 1978-1980.
International Nutrition Communication Service (INCS), 1980.
International Union of Food and Allied Workers' Association (IUF) Nestlé data, 1979-1980.
International Voluntary Services, Inc., 1980.
International Women's Tribune Center, Inc., 1980-1982.
Interreligious Task Force on U.S. Food Policy, undated.
Investor Responsibility Research Center, Inc. (IRRC), 1981.
ICCR report on shareholder resolution presented to Carnation.
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144.B.14.16F7Janeway Child Health Centre/Elizabeth Hillman (Newfoundland, Canada), 1979-1981.
Jewish contacts, 1979-1980.
La Leche League International, 1981-1985.
Marianists, 1984.
Maryknoll Justice and Peace Office, 1978-1981.
Medical, 1978-1980.
Missionaries' statements, undated and 1980-1981.
National Council on International Health (NCIH), 1980-1984.
National and International Coalitions for Development Action (NCDA/ICDA), 1979-1981.
National Education Association (NEA), 1980-1984.
National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Inc., 1979-1981.
Newman Center (University of Minnesota), 1977-1982.
Old contacts: Worth a letter, November 1978.
Peace Corps, 1978-1979.
Planned Parenthood of America, 1978-1983.
Presbyterian Hunger Program, 1984.
Public Advocates, Inc.,1981.
Public Policy Education Fund, Inc., 1978-1981.
Resources in Human Nurturing International, 1978-1979.
Right to life groups, undated.
Unions: Various, 1979-1980.
United Methodist Church, 1980-1983.
Methodist Church's Infant Formula Task Force Dialogue With Nestlé.
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144.B.15.1B8United Presbyterian Church, 1980-1984.
Women In Communications, Inc., 1981.
World Neighbors, 1980.
World Peace Through Law Center, 1977-1981.
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), 1978-1982.
Boycott endorsers:
Endorsers master list, undated and 1979.
Celebrity endorsement of INFACT and the Nestlé boycott, 1979-1983. 2 folders.
Endorsing individuals, 1980.
Endorser inventory, [1980-1981].
Endorser involvement, 1983-1984.
Endorser list procedures and updating, 1980.
Endorser mailing, undated.
Endorser questionnaire, undated.
Charles Mingle's endorsement reports, 1980, 1982.
Recruiting new endorsers, undated and 1980.
New endorser thank-you letter, 1980-1981.
Endorsers, A-Z, 1979-1983.
Endorsers with a limited quantity of correspondence are filed together in alphabetical order.
Endorsers files:
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU), 1979-1982.
Ambulatory Pediatrics Association, 1979-1983.
American Baptist Church, 1978-1984.
American Federation of Labor/Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 1979-1983.
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), 1979-1984.
American Federation of Teachers (AFT), 1982-1983.
American Library Association (ALA), 1978-1984.
American Lutheran Church (ALC), 1978-1983.
American Medical Student Association Foundation (AMSA), 1982-1984.
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144.B.15.1B8American Nurses Association (ANA), 1979-1981.
American Public Health Association (APHA), 1981-1983.
Americans for Democratic Action (ADA), 1983.
Baptist, 1982.
B'nai B'rith, 1980-1982.
Campus endorsers, 1977-1982. 2 folders.
Canadian endorsers, 1979-1980.
Catholic orders, 1978-1981.
Childbirth Without Pain Education Association, 1980-1981.
Children's Rights, Inc., 1980-1982.
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1978-1981.
Church Women United, 1978-1979.
Church of the Brethren, 1979-1982.
Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC), 1982-1983.
Democratic National Committee (DNC), 1982.
Episcopal, 1979-1982.
Evangelicals for Social Action (ESA), 1983-1984.
Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), 1980-1983.
Graphic Arts International Union, 1982-1984.
Gray Panthers, 1979-1980.
Hotel and Restaurant Employees International Union, 1981-1982.
Hunger Project, 1980-1981.
Institute for Development Anthropology (IDA), 1981.
International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA), 1982-1985.
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), 1982-1983.
Interreligious Task Force on U.S. Food Policy, 1978-1981.
Jewish endorsements, 1979-1980
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144.B.15.2F9La Leche League, 1977-1982.
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), 1982-1984.
Marianists, 1979-1980.
Maryknoll Justice and Peace Office, 1978-1979.
Mennonite, 1980-1983.
National Association of Women Religious (NAWR), 1978-1980.
National Council of Churches (NCC), 1978.
National Council for International Health (NCIH), 1980.
National Education Association (NEA), 1980-1983.
National Organization for Women (NOW), 1978-1983.
National Women's Health Network, 1977-1983.
National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), 1979-1983.
The Newspaper Guild (TNG), 1980-1983.
Pennsylvania Federated Women's Clubs, 1980-1982.
Public Interest Groups (PIRG), [1981].
Regional nurses associations, 1979-1983.
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), 1982-1984.
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144.B.15.2F9United Auto Workers (UAW), 1979-1984.
United Farm Workers of America (UFW), 1978-1983.
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), 1979-1982.
United Methodist Church, 1978-1980. 2 folders.
United Presbyterian Church, 1978-1984.
United States Catholic Mission Council, 1978-1980.
United Steelworkers of America, 1979-1982.
Women for Racial and Economic Equality (WREE), 1982.
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1979-1985.
Grassroots correspondence:
Consumer letters to Nestlé in support of the boycott, 1978-1980. 2 folders.
Individuals regarding Nestlé boycott, 1977-1984.
Groups regarding Nestlé boycott, 1979-1985.
"Crazies," 1979-1981.
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144.B.15.3B10School project, undated.
School project sent to INFACT by a student.
First world activism:
Australia, 1976-1984. 2 folders.
Belgium, 1980-1984.
Canada, 1978-1983. 3 folders.
Denmark, 1980-1984.
England, 1980-1985. 2 folders.
Finland, undated and 1983-1986.
France, 1980-1985.
Germany, 1974-1984. 5 folders.
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144.B.15.4F11Ireland, 1980-1984.
Italy, 1981.
Japan, 1979-1984. 2 folders.
Netherlands, 1979-1985.
New Zealand, 1980-1985. 2 folders.
Norway, undated and 1980-1981.
Spain, undated and 1979-1980.
Sweden, 1978-1981.
Switzerland, 1977-1981. 2 folders.
European Economic Community (EEC), 1980-1985.

Expand/CollapseMonitoring Infant Formula Manufacturers, 1970-1989

INFACT collected data on infant formula promotion throughout the world, both before and after the creation of the WHO code. The pre-code files are called "Research" and the post-code files are called "Monitoring" files. Both contain correspondence from travelers, missionaries, researchers, and residents. There are notes from researchers, photographs, advertisements, packaging samples, and other items which document infant formula promotion and infant illnesses and deaths connected with bottle feeding. The most extensive files are those for Malaysia and the Philippines.
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144.B.15.4F11Research:
Africa and East India: Doug Clement's report, November 21, 1979.
Asia and South East Asia data, 1976-1979.
Latin America data, undated and 1979.
Infant formula promotion, 1978-1979.
Research solicitation letter, September 1979.
Research outlines, undated and 1979-1980.
Third World research:
Algeria, 1978, 1981-1983.
Bahrain, 1986.
Bangladesh, 1980-1984.
Barbados, undated.
Bolivia, 1981-1983.
Botswana, 1976-1983.
Brazil, 1979-1986. 2 folders.
Burma, 1976.
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144.B.15.5B12China, 1981.
Columbia, 1981.
Costa Rica,1978-1984. 2 folders.
Dominican Republic, 1980-1981, 1986.
Ecuador, 1982-1985.
Egypt, 1980-1981.
El Salvador, 1978-1983.
Ethiopia, 1981, 1986.
Fiji, 1980-1985.
Greece, 1981.
Grenada, 1981.
Guadeloupe, 1983.
Guatemala, 1978-1983. 2 folders.
Haiti, 1981-1985.
Honduras, 1980-1986.
Hong Kong, 1978-1981, 1985.
India, 1976-1985. 2 folders.
Indonesia, 1979-1983. 2 folders.
Iran, undated.
Kenya, 1977-1985. 2 folders.
Korea, 1976-1986.
Lesotho, 1979-1982.
Liberia, 1978-1983.
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144.B.15.6F13Libya, 1980.
Madagascar, 1979.
Malawi, 1977, 1982.
Malaysia, 1978-1983. 7 folders.
Martinique, undated and 1978-1980.
Mauritius, 1985.
Mexico, 1978-1985. 3 folders.
Mozambique, 1980-1983.
Nepal, 1980-1984.
Nicaragua, undated and 1980-1986. 2 folders.
Pakistan, 1981-1982.
Panama, undated and 1978-1982. 3 folders.
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144.B.15.7B14Papua New Guinea, 1986-1980.
Peru, 1978-1984. 2 folders.
Philippines, undated and 1980-1986. 7 folders.
Rwanda, 1980.
Saint Lucia, 1983.
Saint Vincent, undated and 1976.
Singapore, 1978-1982. 2 folders.
South Africa, 1979-1983. 2 folders.
Sri Lanka, 1980-1985.
Taiwan, 1980, 1984.
Tanzania, 1979-1983. 3 folders.
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144.B.15.8F15Thailand, 1979-1985. 2 folders.
Tonga, 1982-1983.
Tunisia, 1980, 1983.
Turkey, 1980-1981.
Uganda, 1978-1985.
Upper Volta, 1980-1981.
Uruguay, 1977.
Venezuela, 1977.
Western Samoa, 1978-1982.
Yemen Arab Republic, 1978-1982.
Zimbabwe, 1980-1984.
Ted Greiner file, 1970-1978, 1985.
Multi-county and general information, undated and 1979-1983.
Notebook kept by Doug Clement on Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Kenya, 1977-1978.
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142.E.8.639Photographs:
These photographs are housed in a gray hollinger box within box 39. Most are black and white photographs recording the promotion of infant formula and effects of malnutrition and disease resulting from improperly used formula--"baby bottle disease." Infant formula promotion can be seen in the form of billboards, posters and pamphlets, infant formula "milk nurses" and "mothercraft nurses," and stores and store fronts selling infant formulas. The effects are seen in images of mothers and ill or starving children affected by infant formula misuse. There are also images of U.S. activists, boycott rallies, and grassroots promotion of breastfeeding.
The numbering system for the photos was developed by INFACT. Most photographs date from 1977 to 1982 and thus overlap the "research" and "monitoring" subseries. A significant number of these photographs have traumatic content. Images with significant impact are: nos. 115-5, 117-unnumbered: Nestlé billboard; nos. 211-12, 13, and 14 and loose photo no. 130-27 Mother holding infant.
101 Nestlé milk nurses:
101-2 Milk nurse demonstrating formula preparation (Kenya), undated.
101-3 Milk nurse/mothercraft nurse giving demonstration, undated.
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142.E.8.639101-4 Nutritional demonstration education in a hospital-based nutrition rehabilitation center (Haiti), undated.
101-5 Two nurses with pictures of babies cut out of Gerber posters, Hospital Maternal Carit (San Jose, Costa Rica) January 4, 1982.
103 Promotion to medical personnel:
103-1 Nestlé logo on zippered bag for [unreadable title] 10th annual conference, January 9, 1979.
103-3 AHP/Wyeth satchel (Legaspi City, Philippines), 1977
103-4 Nestlé "Nan" cart for distribution of baby bottles, maternity ward, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
103-5 to 103-10 American Academy of Pediatrics Conference:
103-5 Buffet line, undated.
103-6 Hotel lobby with sign: "Ross Welcomes AAP," undated.
103-7 AAP information center with water glasses bearing Ross logo, undated.
103-8 Ross Laboratories ice cream cone booth, undated.
103-9 Wyeth information booth, undated.
103-10 "AAP: Service to Children for 50 Years" sign with Ross logo underneath, undated.
103-11 Infant scale with SMA and S-26 logos, nursery, Makati Medical Center (Manila, Philippines), March 18, 1982.
103-12 Medical representatives, Cardinal Santos Hospital (Manila, Philippines), March 18, 1982.
103-13 Feeding bottles (one with S-26 logo), (Singapore), October 1982.
103-14 Crib with Nestlé logo in pediatrician's office (Singapore), October 1982.
103-15 Infant scale with Nestlé logo (Singapore), October 1982.
Unnumbered:
Nestlé "Nan" cart, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya) August 1979.
3 images of Nestlé ads in magazines (South Africa), 1979.
"Dumex Babies" calendar (Malaysia), 1980.
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142.E.8.639107 Free Samples:
107-1 Similac free sample kit, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
107-2 Cow & Gate gift pack for mothers, undated.
107-3 A rural mother poses with Dumex tin received free at a government clinic (Malaysia), March 1981.
107-5 Samples of infant formula given to one maternity home (Malaysia), February 1981.
107-6 Free sample kit, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
107-7 Nurse in hospital formula room where they keep free samples (Philippines), Summer, 1977.
107-10 Free samples, nursery, Makati Medical Center (Manila, Philippines), March 18, 1982.
107-11 & 12 Bags of powered milk, health center at Don Bosco (Panama City, Panama), January 11, 1982.
107-13 Free samples ([Bakdung], Indonesia), October 1982.
107-14 Free samples [bib] (Philippines), October 1982.
111 Displayable printed materials:
111-2 Baby's progress chart, maternity unit, Arusha Regional Hospital (Arusha, Tanzania), July 1979.
111-4 Nestlé, Abbot, and Wyeth Posters, maternity ward, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
111-5 Dumex baby food posters in front of a village sundry shop in the rural areas (Malaysia), undated.
111-7 Nestlé posters and cards, 1980.
111-8 Nestlé poster, Social Security Hospital (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), August 1980.
The other print of this image was dated 1981.
111-9 Poster next to cribs, undated.
111-10, 49, & 50 Nestlé-Guigoz posters, Calmette Dispensaire (Fort-de-France, Martinique), April 1980.
111-12 Nestlé cereal feeding poster, undated.
111-13 & 14 Nestlé products calendars, 1979.
111-15 Nestlé formula poster, maternity ward (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
111-16 Nestlé formula and cereal poster, undated.
111-17 Nestlé poster in maternity ward (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
111-18 & 19 Nestlé calendar with photo of breastfeeding Filipino woman (Malaybalay, Philippines), September 1979.
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142.E.8.639111-21 Nestlé spoon feeding cereals preparation poster, undated.
111-23 Nestlé poster hanging on shelves, [1972].
111-24 Nestlé formula preparation folder, undated.
111-25 Samples and posters, Tegucigalpa Policlinica (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), August 1980.
111-30 Bebelac poster in pharmacy window (Port au Prince, Haiti), April 1980.
111-31 Similac poster in pharmacy (Port of Spain, Trinidad), April 1980.
111-32 SMA poster, maternity ward, Trinite Hospital (Trinite, Martinique), April 1980.
111-32 (2nd image) Latin American woman carrying child and bottle, undated.
111-33 KLIM poster, Park Maternity Home (Port of Spain, Trinidad), April 1980.
111-33 (2nd image) shelves with infant formula tins, undated.
111-34 Ostermilk and Farex stickers on doors, undated.
111-35 & 36 S-26 Poster in maternity ward, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 25, 1979.
111-37 Wyeth's S-26, SMA and "Mother's Love" poster, maternity ward, Aga Khan Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
111-39 Similac "Babies Will be Shown At" clock, maternity ward, M. P. Shah Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
111-41 Ostermilk and Farley's calendar/poster, Pumwani Maternity Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
111-43 & 44 "Dumex Babies" calendar (Malaysia), April 1980.
111-45 & 46 Wyeth's SMA poster, Princess Marina Hospital (Gaborone, Botswana), September 1979.
111-47 Wyeth infant development chart, undated.
111-48 SMA poster, maternity ward, Trinite Hospital (Trinite, Martinique), April 1980.
111-51 & 52 Nan brochure given to nurses at Malaysian government clinic (Penang, Malaysia), March 13, 1982.
111-53 & 61 Formula tins and thermometer with S-26 logo, nursery, Doctor's Hospital (San Pablo, outside Manila, [Malaysia]), February 22, 1982.
111-54 Nestlé calendar, Balik [Puloc?] District Hospital, (Penang, Malaysia), March 11, 1982.
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142.E.8.639111-55 Wyeth poster, nursery, Saint Luke's Hospital (Manila, Malaysia), March 17, 1982.
111-56 Wyeth decals on nursery doors, UERM Hospital (Manila, Malaysia), March 17, 1982.
111-57 Gerber decal on nursery window, UERM Hospital (Manila, Malaysia), March 13, 1982.
111-58 & 59 Nestlé posters, State Health Center Nueva (San Miguelito, Panama), January 11, 1982.
Posters presented by Nestlé medical representative.
111-60 & 61 Nestlé bottle feeding instructions poster, nursery, Saint Luke's Hospital (Manila, Malaysia), March 13, 1982.
111-62 Nestlé "How to Bathe Baby" instruction poster, nursery, Doctor's Hospital (San Pablo, Malaysia), March 22, 1982.
111-64 Nestlé feeding baby poster, nursery, Doctor's Hospital (San Pablo, Malaysia), March 22, 1982.
111-66 to 70 Formula posters, [1981].
Reverse annotated: "From CPP. Probably from Taiwan"
111-71 to 73 Point of sale advertising: Violation of Code, Article 5, Para 5.2. (Mires, Crete, Greece), September 20, 1981.
111-75 Morinaga poster, nurses station weighing room, Hospital Clinica Biblica (San Jose, Costa Rica), January 5, 1982.
111-76 & 77 Breastfeeding promotion posters, Health Center Don Bosco (San Miguelito, Panama) January 11, 1982.
111-78 to 80 Diarrhea information posters, oral rehydration ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua), January 14, 1982.
111-81 Community health class poster, Health Center, Don Bosco (San Miguelito, Panama), January 11, 1982.
111-83 Breastfeeding promotion poster, Health Center, Don Bosco (San Miguelito, Panama), January 11, 1982.
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142.E.8.639111-84 to 86 Mead Johnson "A Gift of Love" poster at three locations: nursery, Children's Hospital (Bangkok, Thailand), March 24, 1982; delivery room, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (Manila, Philippines), March 17, 1982; and nursery, De Los Santos Hospital (Manila, Philippines), March 17, 1982.
111-87 & 88 Baby posters with company logos, Christian Hospital (Bangkok, Thailand), March 24, 1982.
111-89 Nestlé baby poster, nursery, Saint Luke's Hospital (Manila, Philippines), March 17, 1982.
111-91 Meiji poster, Children's Hospital (Bangkok, Thailand), March 24, 1982.
111-92 Nestlé toddler poster, government clinic (Penang, Malaysia), March 12, 1983.
111-93 Nestlé breastfeeding poster, maternity ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua), January 14, 1982.
111-97 Enfamil poster, maternity ward, Hospital Clinica Biblica (San Jose, Costa Rica), January 6, 1982.
111-98 Head Nutritionist sitting at her desk with breastfeeding poster on the wall behind her, Hospital de Ninos (Panama City, Panama), January 8, 1982.
111-99 & 100 Nogalda salesperson promoting Nogalda weaning foods to mothers in the pharmacy of the Hospital Clinica Biblica (San Jose, Costa Rica), January 7, 1982.
111-101 Enfamil poster, maternity ward, Hospital Clinica Biblica (San Jose, Costa Rica), January 6, 1982.
111-102 Nestlé breastfeeding instruction poster with Nestlé name cut off [the bottom], Hospital de Ninos (Panama City, Panama), January 8, 1982.
111-103 "The Gerber Baby" poster, maternity ward, Hospital Clinica Biblica (San Jose, Costa Rica), January 6, 1982.
111-104 Baby poster with rewriting over brand logo "como se ven los ninos con la leche materna" hanging over picture of bottle feeding [chimpanzee?] with added script "como se cambian con el chupon," undated.
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142.E.8.639111-105 & 106 Infant feeding instructions flip chart, oral rehydration ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua), January 14, 1982.
111-107 to 109 Nestlé baby pictures on wall, waiting room, pediatrician's office (Panama City, Panama), January 11, 1982.
111-110 Nestlé baby picture hanging above a poster for a "National Seminar on Breastfeeding and Maternal Infant Nutrition," pediatrician's office (Panama City, Panama), January 11, 1982.
111-112 Breastfeeding poster and Nestlé poster adjacent to each other, oral rehydration ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua), January 14, 1982.
111-114 Nestlé bottle feeding instruction poster, maternity ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua), January 14, 1982.
111-115 Nestlé baby poster, rehydration ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua) January 14, 1982.
111-117 Woman holding infant hospitalized in oral rehydration ward, Hospital Velez Paiz (Managua, Nicaragua), January 14, 1982.
111-119 UNICEF breastfeeding poster, maternity ward, Heredia Hospital (Heredia, Costa Rica), January 6, 1982.
111-120 "Prevent Gastro" poster, Gastroenteritis Clinic, Port-of-Spain General Hospital (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad), December 1982.
111-122 Wyeth SMA and S-26 infant development poster, government clinic (New Providence, Bahamas), December 1982.
111-123 Wyeth SMA and S-26 poster and shelf with free samples (Denpasan, Indonesia), October 1982.
111-124 Nestlé height chart, clinic (Singapore), October 1982.
111-125 Nutricia Holland calendar (Indonesia), October 1982.
111-126 Morinaga poster (Indonesia), October 1982.
111-127 & 128 Pt. Sari Husada poster/calendar (Indonesia), 1982
111-129 Nestlé baby poster, pediatrician's office (Singapore), October 1982.
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142.E.8.639Unnumbered:
Similac "The Mother's Creed" poster, Pumwani Maternity Hospital (Nairobi, Kenya), [1980].
"Nestlé Products are Good for Your Family" calendar showing infant formula and weaning foods, grocery store (Plumtree, Zimbabwe), September 1979.
"Healthy, Happy, . . . and Protected by Similac" poster, delivery room, Maklati Medical Center (Manila, Philippines), March 18, 1982.
SMA poster above coat hooks, Ante-natal Clinic, Princess Marina Hospital (Gaborone, Botswana), September 1979.
115 Product display and warehouses:
115-1 & 2 Nestlé products on store shelves (Tanzania), August 1979.
115-3 & 4 Store interior with stacks of formula tins (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), January 1981.
115-5 Man [shop owner] standing in doorway next to stacks of formula shipping boxes; can see formula tins on shop window shelves, September 1980.
115-6 & 10 SMA and S-26 on display with pet food, cigarettes, and Nestlé's chocolates, undated.
115-7 to 9 & 28 Infant formula and weaning food on store shelves, undated.
115-11 Cartons of Bebelac, undated.
115-14 Warehouse shelves of formula and dried milk, undated.
115-17, 18, & 41 Vendor stand in front of University Teaching Hospital (Kaduna, Nigeria), October 1980.
115-19 Shop (Kaduna, Nigeria), October 1980.
115-20 Village market stall (Mapuca, Goa, India), January 1981.
115-21 Store, undated.
115-22 Nestlé Nesbrun on display with local price, undated.
115-24 Store shelves, undated.
115-26 & 35 Tins on display, Enugu market (Nigeria), November 1980.
115-27 Cupboard filled with formula tins, undated.
115-30, 32 to 34 Tins on display, Kaduna market (Kaduna, Nigeria), October 1980.
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142.E.8.639115-36 to 40 Tins on display, Lome Market (Republic of Togo), October 1980.
115-44, 46, 47, 49 Warehouse--pallets of tins, boxes, and bags, undated.
115-48 Provision store with Lactogen, Nan, and Cerelac. (Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya), August 21, 1979.
115-50 to 52 Three store interiors, undated.
115-53-55, 58, 60, 64,67-69, 71, 72, 79, 80, 82 Stores and markets selling infant formula (Bogarga, Davao Oriental, Mindanao, Philippines), April 10-14, 1979.
Many store names or locations identified.
115-62, 63, 65, 66, 70, 81 Stores and markets selling infant formula (Caroga, Davo Oriental, Mindanao, Philippines), April 10-14, 1979.
Many store names or locations identified.
115-56, 57, 59, 61, 78 Stores and markets selling infant formula (Davo City, Mindanao, Philippines), April 8-10, 1979.
Many store names or locations identified.
115-73 Formula on display at Mercury Drug (Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines), undated.
115-74 Store interior, undated.
115-75 Nestlé tin cartons (Tanzania), August 1979.
115-83 Nestlé products on display (Cochabamba, Bolivia), November 1982.
115-84 Infant formula on display (Manila, Philippines), February 1982.
115-85, 90, 92, 93, 94, 96, 97 Infant formula in stores and market stalls (Surulere, Nigeria), January 20, 1983.
115-887, 88, 98, 101 Infant formula in stores and market stalls (Lagos, Nigeria), January 20, 1983.
115-91, 95, 99 Infant formula at roadside stalls (Aguda, Nigeria), January 20, 1983.
115-102 Supermarket (San Salvador, El Salvador), undated.
Unnumbered:
Store and Nestlé product display (Brasilia, Brazil), January 1984.
Wyeth promotion and SMA on display (South Africa), September 1979.
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142.E.8.639117 Billboards, trucks, etc.:
117-1 Dumex Dutch Baby advertising on store-front, Perangin Road (Penang, Malaysia), September 1980.
117-2 Dumex ads nailed on trees along road (Penang, Malaysia), undated.
117-3 Wyeth International building, undated.
117-5 Abbott Laboratories building (Manila, Philippines), June 1978.
117-6 Nestlé truck (and Nescafe truck in background) Enugu market (Nigeria), October-November 1980.
117-7 Nestlé delivery van in front of warehouse (Panaji, Goa, India), January 1981.
117-9 & 10 Nestlé milk truck (Tiaz, Yemen Arab Republic), February 1978.
117-11 Dutch Baby Milk products van, downtown Penang (Penang, Malaysia), March 12, 1982.
117-12 Door painted with Nestlé Nido advertisement (Cochabamba, Bolivia), November 1982.
117-14 Bebelac add on exterior wall, with tins on display (Taipei, Taiwan), July 1978.
117-15, 16, 18 Store window posters for Guigoz and Nestlé (Tunis, Tunisia), undated.
117-17 Bledilac poster (Senegal), undated.
117-20 Vijayaspray billboard (India), 1982.
117-21 Similac ad on truck (Yemen Arab Republic), 1978.
Unnumbered: Nestlé billboard, main market square and bus terminal (Harare Township, Rhodesia), 1977.
125 Giveaway Items:
125-1 Sign on storefront: "Free One Feeding Bottle with Purchase of 50/= and Over," undated.
125-2 Guigoz bottle, key-ring, thread, thimble, and [toy] bottle, undated.
125-3 "J'aime Beech-nut Baby Food Ceral" t-shirt (Port au Prince, Haiti), April 1980.
125-4 Nestlé Nan baby bottle and baby booklet (Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
125-5 Plastic bags advertising Nestlé Lactogen (Malaysia), April 1980.
125-6 Cow and Gate gift packet to mothers, undated.
125-8 Materno-Infantil Hospital Milk Bank (Tegucigalpa, Honduras), August 1980.
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142.E.8.639125-9 Infant in [hospital] crib with Nan birthcard and feeding bottle (Manila, Philippines), July 6, 1977.
Unnumbered: "Free Gift for Your Baby" feeding bottle (Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya), August 1979.
211 Poverty with formula:
211-1 & 7 Children bottle feeding an infant a mixture of maize meal, tea, and Lactogen (Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya), September 1979.
211-2 Children eating (two are being bottle fed), undated.
211-4 Mother with an infant (bottle on table) (New Delhi, India), April 1981.
211-8 Lactogen formula can in alley (Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), July 1979.
211-9 Garbage pile with Nestlé cans, undated.
211-10 Grave with Nestlé can (Brazil), undated.
211-10 (2nd image) Baby grave with Nestlé Nido cans (Brazil), undated.
211-11 East African woman drawing water from a drinking well using a Nestlé Lactogen can, undated.
211-12 Row of dirty feeding bottles, undated.
211-13 & 14 Dirty bottle (Tanzania), July 1979.
211-16 Unhappy toddler holding Nestlé Nestogen tin, undated.
211-20 Child's hand reaching for feeding bottle lying in the dirt, undated.
211-21 to 23 Cliff village and its water source (Bait el Shahathy, [Mahrveit] Province, Yemen Arab Republic), 1979.
211-24 Corrugated tin shack with Nestlé Nido tins as planters, undated.
211-26 & 27 Cooking pots, undated.
211-29 Boys holding up tins (one is Nestlé Milo), undated.
211-31 Tins for formula on outdoor shelf (Don Bosco, Panama City, Panama), January 11, 1982.
211-38 Infant using bottle (Manila, Philippines), 1981-1982.
Unnumbered:
Children holding Nestlé product tins (Mathare Valley, Nairobi, Kenya), July 1, 1979.
Girl clutching Lactogen tin (rural Kiambu, Kenya), July 1, 1979.
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142.E.8.639Main market square and bus terminal (Harare Township, Rhodesia) 1977.
Wall-mounted flower arrangement in two White Lily brand powdered milk cans, 1974.
311 INFACT conferences:
Unidentified conference participants, May 1977. 8 images
Unidentified conference participants, INFACT Day conference, 1978. 3 images.
Doug Johnson, INFACT conference, San Francisco, February 1979.
Leah Margulies, INFACT conference, San Francisco, February 1979.
Unidentified speakers and performers, INFACT conference, San Francisco, February 1979. 8 images.
Strategy meeting, INFACT conference, San Francisco, February 1979. 3 images.
Unidentified conference participants, INFACT conference, San Francisco, February 1979. 10 images.
Doug Johnson, unidentified INFACT [staff or strategy?] meeting, undated. 3 images.
Attendees, unidentified INFACT [staff or strategy?] meeting, undated. 7 images.
351 Stouffer's demonstrators:
351-1 Rusty Scupper restaurant (Atlanta, Georgia), undated.
351-2, 3, 5, 7 to 10, 20, 21 Stouffer's restaurant, 8th and Wabash (Chicago, Illinois), May 9, 1980.
351-13 Top of the Rockies Restaurant (Denver, Colorado), March 10, 1979.
351-16 Food Monitor editor, Lyn Dobrin, interviewed by Long Island, N.Y. TV station, channel 21, April 16, 1979.
351-19 Stouffer's (Oak Park, Illinois), undated.
367 Boston campaign center:
367-46 & 47 Activists outside grocery store, undated.
367-51 & 69 Posters in campaign office, undated.
367-53 to 57, 60, 61 63, 67, 71 Campaign workers in the office, undated.
Unnumbered negatives: Picketing, office work, and collecting signatures, undated.
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142.E.8.639Seitz photos:
Contact sheets/proof sheets: Advertising, hospital sites, formula tins, infants, undated.
Negatives: Same, undated.
Some are negatives corresponding to proof sheets.
Senate hearings, May 1978:
Leah Margulies, May 1978. 2 images.
Unidentified people at the hearings, May 1978. 9 images
Doug Clement's photographs, 1989:
Filipina woman with two infants, undated.
Contact sheet no. 1 (11685) infants with respiratory and/or diarreal illness, Philippines General Hospital (Manila, Philippines), January 1989.
Contact sheet no. 2 (11690) malnourished seven-month old infant; posters advertising baby milks, nursery of private hospital (Manila, Philippines), January 1988.
Contact sheet no. 5 (11683) free infant formula supplies; posters; child living in slum area (Bankok, Thailand), January 1988.
Contact sheet no. 12 bottle-fed newborns, government hospital (Karachi and Peshawar, Pakistan), February 1988.
Contact sheet no. 49526 bottle-feeding; formula supplies; malnourished children (Manila, Philippines), October 1989.
Contact sheet no. 49528 demonstrators in front of Nestlé's headquarters (Manila, Philippines), October 12, 1989.
Contact sheet no. 49529 demonstrators and BMAC and BUNSO members in front of Nestlé headquarters (Manila, Philippines), October 12, 1989.
Loose photographs:
Boycott poster image, [1988]. negative.
Boycott poster image, [1988]. color positive.
130-27 Mother holding infant being rehydrated intravenously through a vein in the scalp, Jose Fabell Memorial Hospital, March 20, 1982.
355-1 U.S. company demonstrations/AHP protest sign, undated.
353-111 U.S. company demonstrations/AHP demonstrations, May 1979.
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142.E.8.639Mead-Johnson promotional giveaway items, undated. 2 images.
Nestlé baby food in farmacia (Madrid, Spain) with accompanying letter, 1987. 3 images.
Potential plaintiff (Rio de Oro, Chiapas, Mexico), March 1985. slide.
Formula advertisements and posters:
These advertisements, pamphlets, and other items were gathered from various Third World countries between 1976 and 1985. Most advertise Nestlé or American Home Products/Wyeth Laboratories formulas and infant foods. They are housed in three oversized folders within a flat box inside box 39.
Nestlé advertisements and packaging, 1976-1984.
American Home Products/Wyeth Laboratories, 1984.
Other formula brands and baby products advertisements, undated and 1979-1985.
Includes Gerber, Dumex, Mead-Johnson, Playtex, and Evenflo print advertisements.
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144.B.15.2F9Monitoring:
International application of the WHO code:
Australia, 1983.
Bangladesh, 1984.
Costa Rica, June 1984.
Ecuador, 1983, 1985.
England, December 1982.
Guatemala, April 1984.
India, December 1983.
Kenya, October 1983.
Malaysia, April 1983.
Mexico, 1982-1984, 1988.
Nigeria, undated.
Peru, September 10, 1982.
Philippines, undated.
Saudi Arabia, undated.
Sri Lanka, 1983.
Venezuela, 1983.
Yugoslavia, June 1980.
Zimbabwe, January 1983.
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144.B.15.2F9Monitoring investigation procedures:
procedures in English, Spanish, and French, undated and 1983.
Breastfeeding questionnaire for pediatricians, undated.
Monitoring 1980-1983:
Minnesota hospital survey, undated.
Code violations, 1980-1983.
Code violations by company:
A-M, 1982-1983.
Nestlé, 1982-1983.
N-Z, 1982-1983.
Code violations by country [region], 1982-1983. 2 folders.
Monitoring 1983:
Seitz reports:
Ruth Seitz was contracted to gather examples of infant formula promotional materials and complete monitoring interviews and reports in several Third World locations during 1983.
Hong Kong, 1983.
Malaysia, 1983.
One pocket-size packet of facial tissue advertising Wyeth's product Promil oral contraceptive was removed from this file and is housed in an envelope in box 39.
Philippines, 1983.
Singapore, 1983.
Thailand, 1983.
One Lactogen tin lid with code violating label was removed from this file and is housed in an envelope within box 39.
Results of Seitz monitoring, 1983-1984.
Funding proposal to the Columbia Foundation, February 22, 1983.
Mennonite central committee monitoring reports, 1983.
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144.B.15.9B16Monitoring 1984:
Country summaries, 1984.
Latin American reports, 1984.
"Methodist's reports," 1984.
Research Report on Infant Formula Marketing Practice Adherence to the International Code to the General Board of Church and Society of the United Methodist Church.
Mexican monitoring data, 1984.
"Monitoring Report of the Infant Foods Industry," 1984.
Monitoring report follow-up letter to donors, undated and 1984.
National church proposals, 1984.
Fund raising letters to support the monitoring programs.
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144.B.15.9B16Nestlé monitoring proposal, 1984.
Proposal regional endorsers, 1984.
"Research Report on Infant Formula Marketing Practice Adherence to International Code" by Douglas W. Johnson, August 15, 1984.
Carol-Linnea Salmon's monitoring files:
Downs, Chip, 1984.
Local groups, 1984.
"Monitoring Report," July-August 1984.
The full title is: Thirteen Nation Field Data and Analysis of the International Baby Foods Industry Marketing Activity with Reference to Industry Obligations Under the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.
Monitoring project, July 1984. 2 folders.
Monitoring reports:
Dominican Republic, July 1984.
Hong Kong and India, July 1984.
Malaysia and Mexico, July 1984.
Philippines, July 1984.
Taiwan and Thailand, July 1984.
Zimbabwe, July 1984.
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144.B.15.10F17Violations records, July 1984. 3 folders.
Code violations [evidence]:
Formula advertisements, displays, packaging, promotions, pamphlets, and photographs.
General, 1984.
Africa, 1984.
Europe, 1984. 2 folders.
India, 1984.
Malaysia, 1984.
Mexico, 1984. 2 folders.
Philippines, 1984.
Monitoring 1984-1985:
Infant formula compliance program proposal, 1984-1985.
Monitoring proposal fund raising responses, 1984-1985.
Nestlé violations of the WHO code, 1984-1985.
"Report on Violations of the WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes 1984," 1984-1985.
Monitoring 1985-1986:
Analysis of company policies, April 1985.
Filipro violations, 1985.
Filipro is Nestlé's Philippines subsidiary.
The INBC/IBFAN infant foods marketing survey: a summary analysis, October 1985.
Doug Johnson's notes on the monitoring workshop meeting, Lima, Peru, March 1985.
Research report monitoring infant formula marketing procedures by Douglas W. Johnson, November 1985.
Winter/Spring programs:
International definition of need for limited free supplies of breastmilk substitutes, undated and 1985.
Monitoring, 1985.
Infant formula compliance program enforcement proposal, 1985-1986.

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144.B.15.11B18Newspaper clippings:
Nestlé boycott and infant formula issue, 1975-1985. 3 folders.
AP [Associated Press] clippings on Nestlé compliance and the INFACT boycott, March 1982.
U.S. newspaper clippings, May-June 1981. b ound volume.
End of the Nestlé boycott, 1983-1984.
Linda Kelsey and Liv Ullman trips, 1981.
Nestlé media coverage, 1966-1985.
"Nestlégate"/Lefever press, 1981.
Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC) in the press, 1982-1983.
Wyeth formula recall, 1982.
Press releases, undated and 1977-1984. 2 folders.
Press conferences:
Final four demands, Washington, D.C., December 15, 1983.
Nestlé boycott suspension and INFACT victory, January 26 and February 6, 1984.
American Public Health Association (APHA) "Boycott Taster's Choice" news conference, March 1, 1983.
Media Events:
"Into the Mouths of Babes. . ." CBS Reports with Bill Moyers, edition 6, July 5, 1978.
Discussion with Nestlé representatives Dr. Neils Christenson and Carolyn Campion, WFAA Radio, Dallas, Texas, July 14, 1981.
"Dear Journalist," May 4, 1981.
Information sent to U.S. journalists concerning the WHO code.
World Press Institute interns interview INFACT, 1982.
Letters to the editor, 1979.
Correspondence with Depthnews Science Service, 1982.
Newsletters:
INFACT Update, January 1979-May 1984. 2 folders.
INFACT Notes, December 1978 and News Brief, June and August 1984.
INFACT News, undated and 1980-1984. 16 issues.
INFACT Newsletter, February 1979-Spring 1981. 7 issues.
INFACT Canada Newsletter, Fall 1981-Fall, 1985. 9 issues.
INFACT Toronto Newsletter, December 1981-Winter 1982-1983. 3 issues.

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Expand/CollapseTransition Documents, 1985-1988

In 1985 INFACT turned its attention toward General Electric and the production of nuclear arms. Members still involved with the infant formula issue felt that continued monitoring and pressure on the companies was necessary and did not want to relinquish the infant formula work. Those members formed an independent group, first calling themselves IBFAN U.S.A. and then Action for Corporate Accountability. These files pertain to that transition. For more information on the transition refer to the Legal Files in box 15.
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144.B.15.10F17INFACT's nuclear arms focus and GE boycott, 1985-1986.
From Bottles to Bombs: the Transformation of a Social Movement Organization by Jurg Gerber, 1988.
Ph.D. dissertation, Washington State University.
Transition to Action for Corporate Accountability, 1985-1986.
Nancy Gaschott's transition file, 1986.
IBFAN U.S.A. articles of incorporation, April 12, 1986.
IBFAN U.S.A. our skills and goals meeting, February 4, 1986.

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144.B.15.10F17New organization:
"New" name for the organization, undated.
ACA statement of purpose, bylaws, and Minnesota tax exemption papers, 1986.
IRS 501(C)3 form audit, 1986.
Form 990 Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, 1987.
Board of directors:
Retreat center for board of directors, 1989.
"Whimsy board documents," 1985-1986. 2 folders.
Meetings of the "board" immediately after the group spun off from INFACT.
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144.B.15.12F19Board of directors, 1986-1993. 13 folders.
Committees and meetings:
Finance Committee:
Finance Committee, 1987-1990.
Financial statements and accountant's report, 1986.
Financial statements and accountant's report, 1988.
Audit, 1989.
Strategy Committee:
Actions' strategy program 1986-1988, undated and 1986.
Strategy Committee, 1988-1989. 2 folders.
Boston meeting, February 17-20, 1986.
Staff:
Executive director search, 1986.
Internship opportunities, 1986.
Management Assistance Project (MAP) 125 Plan, 1988.
Staff reimbursement management program.
Staff planning, Spring 1988.
Staff memos, 1988-1989.
Staff members:
Gaschott, Nancy, 1986-1989.
Goldberg, Beth, 1988.
Mingle, Charles R., 1986.
Salmon, Carol-Linnea, 1987-1990.
Correspondence files:
Correspondence, 1986-1995. 5 folders.
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144.B.15.13B20Florists' Transworld Delivery Association (FTD) regarding "Bundle of Joy" bouquet with Gerber products, 1993.
International Association of Infant Food Manufacturers (IFM), 1987-1989.
National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality regarding Resource Mothers Development Project, 1991.

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These files all pertain to ACA's funding and fund raising plans. They wrote proposals for general funding for their office and programs as well as funds for specific projects. These files were variously called: program, program proposal, funding proposal, plan, and fund raising.
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144.B.15.13B20General funding and plans:
Contributions, 1988-1992.
Proposal drafting guidelines, undated.
Program proposal, April 1987.
N. G.'s 1987-1988 F. R. booklet, 1987.
[Nancy Gaschott's] funding proposal for 1988.
Program proposal 1988-1989, October 1988.
Fund raising proposals, 1991-1993. 3 folders.
Project specific funding and plans:
Action/ICCR proactive plan, 1989.
Endorser plan, July 1989.
Formula companies campaign, undated.
IBFAN organizing case study: Proposal "Costa Rica, the Struggle for the Code," April 1987.
Infant health action campaign, undated.
Infant Health Campaign, 1989.
Institute of Child Survival, undated.
"Marketing Malnutrition," April 1989.
A documentary video on infant formula promotion and its effects on infant health.
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144.B.15.13B20Monitoring, 1986-1989. 2 folders.
New Haven project, August 13, 1991.
Ottinger Foundation, [1987].
Philippine health, population, and nutrition survey, 1988.
Participation in the IBFAN coordinating council meeting and the Fifth International Women and Health meeting, May 1987.
Policy consultation with and technical assistance to the Philippines Ministry of Health in implementing the national code on marketing of breastmilk substitutes, March 1987.
Promoting the "Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative" in the U.S., June 30, 1993.
Ten-country monitoring survey of industry compliance with the international code of marketing of breastmilk substitutes, April 1987.
Trade watch project, January 1992.
Reports:
Monitoring the Infant Foods Industry: Holding Corporations Accountable. A Report to the Funders from Action for Corporate Accountability, July 1988.
Report to the Marianist Sharing Fund, August 1989.
Report to funders, June 30, 1993.

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144.B.15.13B20Solicitation:
Letter, 1986-1987.
Solicitation of international groups for assistance with monitoring.
Responses from international groups, 1987-1988.
Guidelines:
Guidelines for research on infant foods marketing practices, 1985, 1987.
Protocol for IBFAN monitoring project, 1987, 1993.
Monitoring data:
Monitoring 1985, May 30, 1986.
Code violations in Southeast Asia, 1986-1987.
Information gathered by Doug Clement.
Monitoring questionnaires, 1986.
Monitoring questionnaires, 1988.
Carol-Linnea Salmon's file.
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144.B.15.13B20Carol-Linnea Salmon monitoring notes and correspondence, undated and 1988.
Monitoring questionnaires, 1992-1993.
Idrian Resnick's file.
Statistics:
Breastmilk substitutes by country, company, brand, and distributor, November 18, 1993.
Q & D tabulation, February/March 1993.
Violations by company:
Abbott/Ross Laboratories, 1989.
Bristol-Meyers (Mead Johnson), 1986.
Carnation, 1993.
Gerber, 1989.
Nestlé, 1986-1993. 3 folders.
Minutes of the monthly meeting [Nestlé sales/marketing, Nestlé Philippines, Inc.], July 2-3, 1987.
Summary statement on Nestlé code violations, 1993.
Wyeth, 1985.

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144.B.15.13B20Endorsers: Renewed boycott, 1989.
Supporters:
American Academy of Pediatrics, 1989.
American Public Health Association (APHA):
Government Legislation and Policies to Support Breastfeeding, Improve Maternal and Infant Nutrition, and Implement a Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes Report No. 4 APHA Clearing House on Infant Feeding and Nutrition, May 1986.
APHA, 1988-1989.
Association of Business and Professional Women (BPW), 1989.
Christian Medical Commission/World Conference on Religion and Peace, 1989.
Co-op America, undated.
Consumers Union of Japan, 1991.
Episcopal proxy resolution, January 1989.
Regarding American Home Products shares.
First Universalist Church, undated and 1989.
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144.B.15.14F21FORMULA, 1986.
A U.S. nonprofit organization specializing in infant formula nutritional safety issues.
Health Action International (HAI) U.S.A. Participants, 1986-1987.
Health Professional Advisory Group, 1987-1989.
IBFAN Brazil, Brazilian draft of code, 1988-1989.
International Childbirth Education Association (ICEA), 1985-1989.
INFACT Canada, 1988.
Investor Responsibility Research Center, Inc. (IRRC), 1986-1989.
Lutheran groups, 1988-1989.
Methodist groups, 1989.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), 1988.
National Education Association (NEA), 1988-1989.
National Medical Advisory Board, 1988-1989.
Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy children's platform questionnaire results and Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition, 1986-1987.
Presbyterian groups, 1988-1989.
Unions, 1988.
United Church of Canada, 1987-1989.
United Church of Christ, 1989.
Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), 1989.
Correspondence with supporters/requests for information, 1986-1995. 5 folders.
Correspondence from consumers in support of the boycott, 1987.
Includes copies of letters sent to formula companies and government officials.
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144.B.15.14F21Related conferences and groups (nonsupporters):
These conferences and groups have a focus related to ACA's infant feeding issues. These files may have been prospects for support, endorsement, or just for information on these groups.
Bread for the World, 1985-1987.
Child Health 2000 World Congress on Child Health: Nutrition and Malnutrition in Infants and Children, February 19-22, 1992.
Council on Economic Priorities (CEP), 1986-1988.
Minnesota Peace and Justice Coalition (MPJC), 1987-1989.
San Diego Lactation Conference, July 16-18, 1986.
Save the Children, 1989.
Social Venture network debate with Nestlé, April 9, 1993.
World Breastfeeding Week, August 1-7, 1994.
World Food Day, 1988-1991.
World Hunger Year (WHY), 1988.
United States Breastfeeding Health Initiative, February 7, 1995.

Expand/CollapseInfant Formula Issue Research Literature, 1986-1992

These articles are in alphabetical order by title.
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144.B.15.14F21"The Bottle Feeding Scandal," in Health Alert October 15, 1988.
"Breastfeeding Trends in the Philippines," by Barry M. Popkin, et al in AJPH 79:1 (January 1989).
"Case 10-12 Baby Formula Raises Questions," in Public Relations Practices: Managerial Case Studies and Problems, fourth edition, by Allen H. Center and Patrick Jackson, undated.
"Closing the Book on Infant Formula Fears," by Carol Adelman in Wall Street Journal, June 19, 1986.
Commission of the European Communities Modified Proposal for a Council Directive, October 20, 1986.
Infants 0-4 Months: Diarrhea and Acute Respiratory Infections: Correlating the Effects of Feeding Practices vis-a-vis Urban Poverty, 1986.
Code of Conduct for Transnational Corporations: the Case of the WHO/UNICEF Code, by Kathryn Sikkink, World Peace Foundation and MIT, 1986.
"Commercial Discharge Packs and Breast Feeding Counseling: Effects on Infant-Feeding Practices in a Randomized Trial," by Deborah A. Frank, et al in Pediatrics 80:6 (December 1987).
The Ethics of Mass Producing and Marketing Infant Formula, by Lyn McCollum, undated.
Infant Feeding: Anatomy of a Controversy 1973-1984, by John Dobbing, 1988.
Infant Formula Promotion and the Health Sector in the Philippines, by Barry M. Popkin and Maria Erlinda Fernandez, November 1, 1988.
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144.B.15.14F21"Interaction of the Infant Formula Industry with the Academic Community," by George M. Owen in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 46, 1987.
"Milk Duds," by Clara Jeffery in Washington City Paper 14:24, June 17-23, 1994.
The Milk War, by Arne Oshaug, 1991.
"Milking Deadly Dollars from the Third World," by Carol-Linnea Salmon in Business and Society Review 68 (Winter 1989).
Medical Bibliographies, 1986.
"The Nestlé Infant Formula Controversy: Restricting the Marketing Practices of Multinational Corporations in the Third World," by Nancy Ellen Zelmar in Transnational Lawyer 3, 1990.
"Profits Before Babies Lives," by Idrian Resnick in Christian Social Action February 1992.
Unmasking a Giant, edited by Cornelia H. Aldana-Benitez, 1992.
"The Zero-Sum Game: A Framework for Examining Women and Nutrition," by Judith S. McGuire and Barry M. Popkin in Food and Nutrition Bulletin 10:3 (1988).

Expand/CollapseOutreach Files, 1985-1995

The direct mailings, flyers, advertisements, and other means ACA used to reach the public about the continued boycott and the infant formula and feeding issue.
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144B.15.14F21Alternatives to Nestlé candy for candy fund raising, undated and 1988-1993.
Boycott support walk-a-thon, [1989].
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144.B.15.15B22Boycott advertisement in The Nation magazine, 1988.
"The Formula Fix" video, undated and 1993.
"The Formula Pushers" [booklet layout originals], undated.
Helmut Maucher, Chairman, Nestlé SA delivers the fifth annual E. Kummel lecture, Yale University School of Organization and Management, October 14, 1991.
International marketplace conditions, June 9, 1988.
Line-by-line refutation of Nestlé claims and fact sheet, 1989.
"Nestlé Faces the FAX" campaign, February 1993.
Organizing the renewed Nestlé boycott [1989].
Questions and answers about baby bottle disease, undated.
Statement concerning free supplies of formula to hospitals, January 1987.
Outreach mailings:
Outreach mailings and promotional literature, undated and 1985-1989. 3 folders.
Direct mail appeals, 1988-1995. 2 folders.

Expand/CollapsePress and Publications Files, 1983, 1986-1995

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144.B.1515B22Newsletter:
Action News, 1989-1992.
Newsletter production, 1988.
Publications, 1992.
Article and grant drafts.
Press:
Campaign press office materials, undated and 1983, 1986.
Op-ed process, 1986-1989.
Letters to the editor from Carol-Linnea Salmon and other staff.
Press conferences, 1988.
Press releases, 1986-1994.
Complete press packet sent to Susan Perry and Jim Dawson, May 1, 1986. 2 folders.
Newspaper clippings:
Peter Cox interview with Francois Perroud, Nestlé's Director of Corporate Affairs, January 1989, printed in the New Internationalist (April 1989).
Clippings, undated and 1984-1988. 2 folders.
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144.B.15.8F15Clippings, 1989-1995. 2 folders.

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144.B.15.8F15Lawsuit:
Correspondence with lawyers, 1981-1985.
Lawsuit against infant formula companies, undated and 1979.
Background information--Malaysia, Mexico, and Philippines, 1984.
Notes and plans from lawsuit strategy team, undated and 1980-1986.
"Wrongful Death" lawsuit plans and plaintiff recruitment, 1984-1986.
Thelma Smith bequest:
Bequest, 1987-1988. 2 folders.
ACA vs. First National Bank (Palm Beach, Florida), 1988.
Mediation between INFACT and ACA, undated and 1988-1989.
INFACT evidentiary history, undated and 1984-1985.
ACA evidentiary history, 1982-1986.

Expand/CollapseNancy E. Gaschott Files, 1981-1994

Gaschott was a consultant for Action for Corporate Accountability.
Includes correspondence, files on cooperating and opposing organizations, press clippings, and projects.
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141.D.12.1B41Action for Corporate Accountability (ACA) files:
Action Board, 1991-1994. 3 folders.
Action materials, 1989-1991.
Fundraising proposals, 1991.
Income tax exemptions, 1987-1991.
Organizational and legal documents, 1986-1989.
Actions needed, 1991.
American Home Products, 1991.
Baby Milk Action Committee (BMAC), 1991.
Boycott press clippings, January-March 1984.
Endorsements, 1989-1991.
Foundation pour le Progr`es de l'Homme, 1990-1991.
Infant nutrition documents, 1981-1986.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, 1991.
International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), 1984, 1988-1991.
Letterhead stationery, undated.
Samples of stationery from various organizations affiliated with ACA.
Los Angeles projects, 1991.
Nancy's supplies history notebook, 1988-1992. 2 folders.
National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality, 1991.
Nestle Infant Formula Audit Commission:
Binder of correspondence, memos, etc., 1987-1991.
Charter, articles of incorporation, by-laws, and procedures, circa 1982.
Monitoring, 1989-1991.
Nigeria, 1990-1991. 3 folders.
Ogilvy & Mather, 1989.
Presbyterians, 1991.
Resnick, Idrian, 1991-1992.
Biog Resnick was Executive Director of ADA.
UNICEF, 1989-1991.
Women, Infants, & Children (WIC), 1991.
World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, undated.
World Health Organization case studies, 1991.

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Expand/CollapseCOMPANY FILES, 1973-1994

The Company files contain corporate information, financial data, examples of advertising, notes on code violations, and correspondence with corporate executives. All formula companies were under scrutiny and expected to comply with the WHO code, but INFACT maintained a significant quantity of files on Abbott/Ross Laboratories, American Home Products, Bristol-Meyers, and Nestlé. The company files compiled by INFACT and ACA contain correspondence and other items from affiliated groups.


Expand/CollapseInternational Council of Infant Food Industries (ICIFI), 1979-1982

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144.B.15.14F21Correspondence, 1981-1982.
The Infant Food Controversy: Industry Response Exposes Pressure Groups Dishonesty, August 1980.
Negotiations, 1982.
"Observations on the Shortcomings of the Proposed WHO International Code of Marketing for Breastmilk Substitutes," 1981.
Papers for the WHO/UNICEF meeting, October 9-12, 1979.
Stand on WHO code, 1981. 2 folders.
The WHO/UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding: Is the Industry Observing the Recommendations?, August 1980.

Expand/CollapseCorporate Information, 1977-1989

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144.B.15.14F21Corporate information, 1977-1979 and 1986-1989. 2 folders.
Financial, legal, and administrative data.
Membership lists for companies' boards of directors, undated and 1981.
Company product chart, January 1982.

Expand/CollapseNonessential Companies, 1977-1993

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144.B.15.14F21Borden, 1977-1983.
Dumex, 1985.
Dutch Baby, 1983-1985.
Gerber, 1990-1993.
Johnson and Johnson, 1988.
Milupa, 1983-1985. 2 folders.

Expand/CollapseAbbott/Ross Laboratories, 1975-1989

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144.B.15.16F23Abbott/Ross Laboratories, undated and 1975-1982. 3 folders.
Baker Laboratories vs. Abbott Laboratories, et al, undated.
Correspondence regarding compliance to WHO codes, 1984-1986.
Correspondence, 1986-1989.
[Interoffice correspondence]: Ross Business Practices Task Force and Public Advocates, Inc., 1981.
Dialogue with Ross Laboratories: a Chapter in the Infant Formula Controversy by James M. Childs, Jr., undated.
Food and Drug Administration, 1981-1983.
The Infant Formula Controversy: Galileo Revisited by David O. Cox, Chairman, Ross Laboratories, March 26, 1981.
Shareholder information, 1979-1980.
Includes the 1979 annual report.
Shareholder meeting, April 8, 1983.
Includes the 1982 annual report.
Training manual, 1975.
U.S. promotional materials, undated and 1977-1981.

Expand/CollapseAmerican Home Products/Wyeth Laboratories, 1973-1989

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144.B.15.16F23Corporate information, 1978-1983.
Correspondence, 1980-1989.
Correspondence: Wyeth, 1978-1988.
Food and Drug Administration, 1980-1983.
Meeting with INBC, November 5, 1984.
Wyeth code policy, 1982.
Response to code violations, 1984-1986.
Shareholder proxy statement, 1973-1984.
Statement of Wyeth International to the WHO/UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding, Geneva, Switzerland, October 9-12, 1979.
Wyeth violations, 1983-1984.

Expand/CollapseBristol-Meyers (Mead Johnson), 1975-1989

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144.B.15.16F23Compliance with WHO code and meeting with Bristol Meyers representative, 1985-1987.
Correspondence, undated and 1975-1989. 3 folders.
Correspondence, meeting papers, and notes.
Exhibits, 1977-1984.
Examples of promotional materials.
Food and Drug Administration, 1980-1983.
Lawsuit against INFACT, 1981.
Shareholder information, undated and 1980.
Includes first quarter report, 1980.
Sisters of the Precious Blood "Bottle Baby Lawsuit," 1976-1978. 2 folders.
Working notebook--Douglas Johnson's, 1983-1984.

Expand/CollapseNestlé, 1974-1994

INFACT maintained files on Nestlé policies, promotions, and public relations. They also kept correspondence with corporate executives and the Nestlé Coordination Center for Nutrition. The Nestlé corporate files include Nestlé's branches and subsidiaries, such as Nestlé Alimentana or Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland), Nestlé Company (White Plains, New York), Nestlé International (Canada), Nestlé-Beich (Bloomington, Illinois), Filipro, NesFoods, Stouffer's, Carnation, Beech-nut Baby Food, Inc., and others.
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144.B.16.1B24Corporate information:
Nestlé operations, 1977-1980. 2 folders.
These items were together in a three-ring binder labeled: Nestlé Operations.
Address given by Mr. Pierre Liotard-Vogt at the Nestlé annual meeting, May 22, 1980.
Expert from Nestlé annual report, 1978.
Nestlé letter from the chairman, 1977.
Correspondence:
Internal correspondence, 1978-1989.
Carlo R. Fedele letter to Nestlé, July 7, 1980.
Employees, 1977-1989.
Administrators:
Angst, Dr. Carl, Nestlé SA (Vevey, Switzerland), undated and 1985-1986.
Bersier, Bernard, Senior Vice President, Nestlé SA, 1978-1979.
Brooks, William J., Vice President Corporate Affairs, Nestlé Company, Inc. (White Plains, New York), 1980-1981.
Ciocca, Henry G., Manager, Office of Corporate Responsibility, Nestlé Company, Inc., 1978-1980.
Ferri, Jane E., Office of Corporate Responsibility, May 16, 1979.
Fookes, Geoffry A., Assistant to the Manager, Infant and Dietetic Products, Nestlé SA, 1977-1986.
Fürer, Arthur, President and Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé SA, 1977-1981.
Greenspan, Ruth, Office of Corporate Responsibility, October 11, 1979.
Groner, Douglas A., Director, Office of Corporate Responsibility, undated and 1979-1980.
Guerrant, David E., President, Nestlé Company, Inc., 1977-1979.
Jackson, Thad M., Special Issues Director, Nestlé Enterprises, Inc., (Washington, D.C.), 1988-1989.
Jendras, H. J., Office of Corporate Responsibility, 1979.
Korsen, Stephen E., Manager, Consumer Affairs, Nestlé Company, Inc., 1976-1978.
Liotard-Vogt, Pierre, Chairman of the Board, Nestlé SA, 1979.
Maucher, Helmut, Managing Director, Nestlé SA, 1986-1988.
Mitchell, N. H., Manager, Corporate Affairs and Planning, Nestlé (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada), 1978.
Patternot, J., [Nestlé SA], 1978-1979.
Perroud, Francois X., Corporate Affairs, Nestlé SA, 1988.
Pirro, John A., Nestlé Company, Inc., February 28, 1979.
Raffe, Gerry A., Nestlé Company, Inc., 1978.
Saunders, Ernest W., Head, Nestlé Nutrition Division, Nestlé SA and President ICIFI, 1979-1980.
Schnyder, Klaus, Vice President, Nestlé SA, 1986-1987.
Weber, Claude, Vice President, Nestlé SA, 1987-1993.
Post-boycott file:
Correspondence regarding violations, meetings, and contacts, 1983-1985.
Post-boycott, 1984-1985. 3 folders.
These papers from INFACT, INBC, BMAC, and IBFAN were housed together in a three-ring binder labeled: Nestlé post-boycott.
Subsidiaries:
Nesfood, Inc. is the U.S. holding company for Nestlé subsidiaries.
Beech-nut Baby Food Company (Beech-nut Foods Corporation) (Fort Washington, Pennsylvania), 1979-1980.
Carnation Company (Los Angeles, California):
Correspondence and corporate information, 1976-1981.
Crull, Tim, President and Chief Executive Officer, 1988-1992.
Clintec Nutrition Company (Deerfield, Illinois), 1995.
L. J. Minor Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio), 1987-1988.
L'Oreal (Cosmair, Inc.) (Delaware and New York); Beringer Brothers, Crosse and Blackwell Vinyards, and Los Hermanos (Wine World, Inc.) (Jean-Pierre Labruyere, France, and St. Helena, California), 1979.
Nestlé-Beich (Kathryn Beich, Inc.) (Bloomington, Illinois), 1988-1992.
Nestlé Lanka, Ltd. (Sri Lanka), 1988.
Stouffer Corporation (Solon, Ohio):
Correspondence, 1979-1980, 1983.
Frantz, Edwin T., Vice President Long Range Planning, Nestlé Enterprises, Inc., 1979-1983.
Nestlé Coordination Center for Nutrition (NCCN):
This center, a corporate arm of Nestlé located in Washington, D.C., was created specifically to deal with the infant formula issue and the boycott in the U.S. Its purpose was to diffuse the issue and repair Nestlé's public image.
Correspondence:
General, 1982.
Pagan, Rafael D., President, Nestlé Coordination Center for Nutrition, Inc. (NCCN) (Washington, D.C.), 1981-1983.
"Carrying the Fight to the Critics of Multinational Capitalism," speech by Rafael D. Pagan to the Public Affairs Council, April 22, 1982.
"The Future of Public Relations and the Need for Creative Understanding of the World Around Us," speech by Rafael D. Pagan at the 35th PRSA national conference, November 8, 1982.
"Off the Record" meeting between Doug Johnson and Jack Mangoven (NCCN), October 8-9, 1985.
Pamphlets, undated and 1981, 1984.
Press conference, Washington D.C., January 26, 1984.
Press conference, Washington D.C., October 4, 1984.
Tracking Nestlé:
Files on Nestlé statements and behaviors, particularly in the arena of public image.
10 point plan evaluation, 1989.
Case study on Nestlé, undated.
Compliance to WHO code: Nestlé instruction to agents and distributors, 1982.
Critiques of Nestlé statements and articles, undated and 1977-1979.
Debates with infant formula manufacturers, undated and 1978-1979.
"Dirty Tricks" at the World Health Assembly (WHA), May 1981.
Factory contamination, 1977-1979.
Legal threats against INFACT regarding product defamation of Taster's Choice coffee, 1983.
Letters from misquoted [by Nestlé] pastors, 1978-1979.
Libel proceedings: Nestlé Alimentana, SA against Arbeitsgruppe Dritte Welt (AgDW) (Bern, Switzerland), June 1976.
Loss of business due to boycott, undated and 1977-1981.
Nestlé statements on infant formula donation to hospitals, 1989.
Nestlé and the World Health Organization (WHO) meeting recommendations, [1984].
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144.B.16.2F25Presentation and debate with Nestlé by Penny van Estrik, Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana), February 10, 1982.
Product list for boycott, undated and 1978-1979.
Response to Nestlé's announcement of "initiative" to follow the WHO code, March-June 1982.
Statements of Doug A. Johnson and Dr. Marina Rea to Nestlé managers (Sao Paolo, Brazil), October 7, 1985.
Union of Filipro Employees strike against Filipro (Nestlé Philippines, Inc.), 1987.
Corporate newsletters:
Nestlé News "Special Report on 1976," March-April 1977.
Nestlé News, 1984.
Nestlé Worldview, 1989-1993.
Nestlé authored or published papers on the infant formula issue:
These papers are part of Nestlé's effort to strengthen its public image in the U.S. and in Europe. These papers were published in professional journals or distributed as pamphlets and booklets.
"Committee on Nutrition and the WHO Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes," by Lewis A. Barness in Pediatrics 68:3 (September 1981).
The Dilemma of Third World Nutrition: Nestlé and the Role of Infant Formula, Prepared for Nestlé SA by Maggie McComas, Geoffrey Fookes, and George Taucher, 1983.
Food Composition and Nutritional Status in Infants, by H. R. Müller and M. C. Secretin, Nestlé Nutrition Services, undated.
Infant Feeding in the Developing Countries: Some Considerations on the Contribution of Nestlé, 1977.
The Infant Formula Controversy: a Nestlé View, November 1978.
"The 'Infant Formula Controversy': a Notorious Threat to Reason in Matters of Health," by Charles D. May in Pediatrics 68:3 (September 1981).
Infant Formula in Developing Countries: the Nestlé Position, 1978.
Infant Nutrition in Developing Countries: a Nestlé View, May 1979.
Infant Nutrition Today: a New Rationale in Infant Feeding?, by H. R. Müller, Nestlé Nutrition Services, 1976.
Marketing Infant Formula to the Third World: How Nestlé Has Followed the WHO/UNICEF October 1979 Recommendations, April 1981.
Nestlé and Baby Food in the Third World, by Dr. Arthur Fürer, November 28, 1975.
The Nestlé Boycott as a Corporate Learning Experience, by Henry G. Ciocca, Nestlé Company, Inc., March 18, 1980.
Nestlé et l'Alimentation Infantile dans las Pays en Voie de Développment: Constantes et évolutions, February 1979.
Nestlé and Infant Formula Facts and Fallacies, undated.
Nutrition and Infant Mortality, by Dr. H. R. Müller, November 11, 1975.
Nestlé documentation distributed at the press conference held in Bern, Switzerland.
The Problem of Malnutrition, by Professor J. Mauron, Deputy Manager, Head of Research Department, Nestlé SA, 1976.
Public relations and advertising:
Booklets:
These items promote the Nestlé company in general. There are also examples of the booklets that Nestlé gave to mothers. More booklets of this type can be found in the research, monitoring, and promotional materials files.
Nestlé booklet, printed by Nestlé SA, undated.
Nestlé in the Developing Countries, printed by Nestlé SA, 1975.
Nestlé's Mother Book: About the Care and Feeding of Babies, printed by Nestlé's Food Company (New York, New York), [1890-1910?].
This is a photocopy of an early Nestlé childcare book.
Nestlé Transforms Fresh, Perishable Raw Materials into Foods with Good Keeping Qualities, undated.
Those First Moments of Infancy "Hints for Young Mothers," booklet edited by Nestlé, 1974.
Strategies and promotions:
These are not formula promotion activities. These promote Nestlé as a whole, or promote other Nestlé products sold in the U.S. There are a few files which record Nestlé's strategy for combating the boycott.
Advertising via Disney, 1994.
Carnation public relations, 1989.
Excerpts from letters to Nestlé in favor of Nestlé, 1974-1979.
Information sent to pastors, 1983.
International media strategy, 1980.
National student advertising competition sponsor, 1988.
Nestlé SA public relations packet, 1979.
Newport Folk Festival sponsorship, August 8-9, 1987.
Press releases, 1981-1983.
"Proactive Neutralization: Nestlé Recommendations Regarding the Infant Formula Boycott," from Ogilvy and Mather Public Affairs, March 15, 1989.
Public relations, [1991].
Public relations firms, 1979-1980.
Public relations letters, 1978-1981.
U.S. media strategy, 1979-1980, 1983, 1988.
Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC):
This was purportedly an independent commission though its formation was instigated and the membership chosen by Nestlé. The commission was to inspect complaints and hold Nestlé responsible to the parameters of the WHO code.
Development and membership:
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144.B.16.3B26Background statement, undated.
Charter, articles of incorporation, and bylaws and procedures, [1982].
Formation and membership information, 1982.
INFACT and coordinating groups' notes on NIFAC and its membership, undated and 1982-1983.
Quarterly reports:
1st quarterly report, September 30, 1982.
2nd quarterly report, December 331, 1982.
3rd quarterly report, March 31, 1983.
4th quarterly report, June 30, 1983.
5th quarterly report, September 30, 1983.
6th quarterly report, December 31, 1983.
7th quarterly report, March 31, 1984.
8th quarterly report, June 30, 1984.
Report no. 9, April 1, 1985.
9th quarterly report, July 1, 1985.
Report no. 10, June 30, 1986.
Report no. 11, June 30, 1987.
NIFAC 1982:
A Comparison of the Nestlé Infant Formula Marketing Instructions with the WHO/UNICEF Notes on the WHO Recommended Code, by NCCN for NIFAC, December 1982.
INBC/ICCR/NIFAC meeting, November 19, 1982.
Interrogatories, 1982.
Press conference: Edmund Muskie and Carl Angst, October 14, 1982.
NIFAC 1983:
INFACT response, 1983.
Nestlé violations, 1982-1983.
Press conference: Edmund Muskie and Carl Angst, April 21, 1983.
Press lunch--Nestlé/NIFAC, October 13, 1983.
Replies, 1983. 2 folders.
NIFAC 1984:
Final determination on November 1982 complaints, March 15, 1984.
Mexican violations by Nestlé, 1984.
Nestlé violations, June 1984.
NIFAC papers from Angela Blackwell, 1984.
Preliminary determinations for June 19, 1984 complaints, 1984.
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144.B.16.4F27Preliminary determinations for June 19, 1984 complaints, 1984.
Responses to complaint report: preliminary determinations, 1983-1984.
Violations submitted by Dr. Michael C. Latham, 1984.
NIFAC, 1985-1989:
Preliminary determinations for complaints submitted on October 12, 1984, April 1, 1985. 2 folders.
Complaint reports nos. 84-35, 84-58, 84-79, 84-129, 84-138, May 27, 1986.
Draft complaint report, April 21, 1987.
Draft complaint report, October 23, 1987.
Statement of Douglas Clement before NIFAC, January 27, 1987.
Comparison of infant formula sales and free supplies given, July 9, 1988.
Interview with Edmund S. Muskie, Chairman of NIFAC, April 21, 1989.
Correspondence, 1982-1989. 5 folders.
Correspondence with Daniel J. Greenwall III, 1983.

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Expand/CollapseAFFILIATE GROUPS, 1973-1994

In addition to the many sponsors and endorsers INFACT and ACA had for their campaigns, there were a few groups which were essential to the international boycott. Some were independent activist groups who allied themselves with INFACT, and others were created by INFACT and other interested parties to fulfill information sharing and administrative duties. These are files on a few of those core groups.


Expand/CollapseBaby Milk Action Coalition (BMAC), 1985-1994

One group promoting the infant formula campaign and Nestlé boycott in United Kingdom. They corresponded with INFACT and stayed active through the renewed boycott in 1989.
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144.B.16.4F27Boycott packet, 1991.
Correspondence, 1985-1994.
Nestlé shareholders' meeting, May 1993.
Endorser memo, undated.
European violations, 1987.
Wyeth product Progress, November-December, 1985.

Expand/CollapseBalikatan at Ugnayang Naglalayong Sumagip sa Sanggol (BUNSO), [1982]-1986

BUNSO kept INFACT informed on formula promotion in the Philippines and pushed consumer awareness of the dangers of bottle feeding. They strongly promoted breastfeeding.
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144.B.16.4F27BUNSO and the National Coalition for the Promotion of Breast Feeding (NCPBCC) of the Philippines, [1982].
Nestlé public relations project: "Milk for Negros, Milk for People" (Negros Province, Philippines), 1986.

Expand/CollapseInterfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), 1973-1993

ICCR was an instigator in the infant formula campaign. They began by pressuring companies through shareholder demands. ICCR staff, particularly Leah Margulies, head of ICCR's Infant Formula Program, and Ed Baer, were instrumental in the success of the campaign. This group was INFACT's link to religious organizations. Though INFACT worked closely with ICCR, ICCR promoted the campaign and the boycott on its own. These files are INFACT's correspondence with ICCR and documentation of ICCR's activities.
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144.B.16.2F25Administration:
Budget, 1981-1982.
Correspondence:
Miscellaneous carbon copies, undated and 1980.
Correspondence, 1985-1990
Baer, Ed, 1975-1980.
Clement, Doug, 1974-1980.
Executive director sabbatical, 1981.
Governing board meeting, 1986-1988.
[Joint] meeting, June 26, 1992.
Steering Committee, 1987-1988.
Working subgroup on U.S. companies, 1984.
Infant Formula Work Group (IFW):
Executive Committee:
Executive Committee, 1979-1981.
Executive Committee mailing, August 1981.
Minutes and memos, 1979-1983. 2 folders.
Correspondence:
DMG [INFACT Decision Making Group], 1979-1981.
Nestlé, 1980-1981.
Pedrotti, John, IFW secretary, 1981.
WHO/UNICEF, 1980.
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144.B.16.2F25Meetings:
Meeting with State Health and Human Service Department, April 28, 1980.
Reports on INFACT and ICCR meetings with Nestlé representatives, 1981.
Funding:
Funding proposals, May 1980.
Budget IFW November 1983-November 1984, February 1984.
IFW activities:
Domestic guidelines, undated.
Draft code no. 4, December 10, 1981.
Educational model proposal, 1980.
Health advocacy project, 1980.
Hospital survey questionnaire, 1981, 1987.
Notes on the congressional hearing, February 11, 1980.
Proxy solicitation packet, March 1980.
Formula companies:
Abbot/Ross, 1978.
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144.B.16.5B28Abbot/Ross, 1979-1981. 3 folders.
American Home Products, 1978-1981. 3 folders.
Baby products companies, 1980.
Borden, 1981.
Bristol-Meyers:
Bristol-Meyers, 1978-1982.
Sisters of the Precious Blood vs. Bristol-Meyers, 1976.
Tort claims against INFACT, 1981.
CPC International, 1980.
Nestlé strategy: Churches, 1989.
World Health Organization (WHO) and World Health Assembly (WHA):
Congressional action regarding WHA, 1981.
Correspondence regarding the WHO/UNICEF meeting, October 9-12, 1979.
Critiques of the code, 1980.
WHO/WHA follow-up, 1979, 1981.
U.S. government position at WHA, 1981.
IBFAN/INFACT press on WHA resolution, 1981.
IBFAN/INFACT "secret" cables, 1981.
Information sent to churches, 1981-1982.
Nestlé's "dirty tricks," 1981.
Notes on WHA, 1981.
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144.B.16.5B28Post, Avery, 1982.
Press on WHO/WHA, 1981.
UNICEF code, 1980-1981.
Shareholder pressure tactics:
Church proxy resolution, January 1980.
Proxy solicitation/statement, March 1980.
Secret ballot, 1980.
Shareholder resolutions, 1979-1980.
Shareholder pressure on carnation, 1980-1982.
Shareholder resolution to Gerber, February 23, 1993.
Publications:
CIC Brief, 1975-1979.
ICCR Resource Book 1980-1981, September 26, 1980.
Corporate Examiner, 1979-1981.
ICCR Brief, 1981, 1988.
Infant formula campaign:
Campaign report, September 1976.
Critique of NCC/ICCR domestic infant formula research project, November 8, 1979.
Milestones: Ten Years of Struggle to Prevent "Baby Bottle Disease," 1983.
Mailing lists, 1980-1982.
Nestlé boycott materials, 1979-1980.
Over seas research networking, 1978.
Proposal: An Antitrust (and Alternative Legal Approaches) Approach to the Exploitation of Bangladesh and Other Developing Countries by Pharmaceutical Industries, by Pierre E. Bergerson, 1983.
Remonstration, 1980.
Response to pastors' mailing, 1979.
Questions and Answers on the Crisis in Infant Feeding, undated.
Third World contacts for lawsuit, 1976-1978.
Research files:
These files are incomplete; the remainder of the research files are unaccounted for.
A, 1967-1981.
B, 1973-1982.
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144.B.16.6F29B, 1973-1982. 2 folders.
J, 1974-1984.
Most articles are by Dr. Jelliffe.
M, 1974-1981. 2 folders.
Margulies, Leah: statement before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research, May 23, 1978.
Margulies, Leah: statement before the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade, June 16, 1981.
N, 1972-1979.
O, 1974-1976.
P, 1973-1980.
S, 1972-1981. 2 folders.
Senate hearings, 1978. 2 folders.
T, 1974-1983.
U-V, 1975-1980.
W-Y, 1955-1983.
Williams, Cicely D.: transcript of Milk and Murder, 1939.
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144.B.16.7B30Country files:
ICCR's country files are similar in content to the INFACT Third World research files. They document infant formula promotion practices before the WHO code and make contact with missionaries, residents, and medical personnel.
Africa:
Cameroon, 1978.
Ghana, 1978.
Guinea Bissau, 1978.
Kenya, 1973, 1975, 1978-1979.
Kenya Breast Feeding Information Group: Correspondence and newsletter, 1978-1980.
Liberia, 1978-1979.
Mozambique, 1979.
Letter from Mike Muller, June 26, 1979.
Nigeria, 1974-1978.
Rhodesia, 1979.
Sierra Leone, undated and 1979.
Swaziland, 1978-1979.
Tanzania, 1978-1979.
Transkei, undated and 1978.
Uganda, 1978.
Zaire, 1978-1979.
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144.B.16.7B30Asia:
Indonesia, 1979.
Malaysia:
1977-1980. 2 folders.
Persatuan Penasihat Penyusuan Ibu Selangor (PPPI) (Breast Feeding Mothers Association), 1978-1979.
Advertisements Collected in Malaysia, 1975-1979.
These items are housed in an oversize folder in box 39.
Philippines, 1978-1979.
Philippines: Food and Hunger in the Philippines booklet, 1978-1979.
Singapore, 1975-1979. 3 folders.
This file contains a number of photographs of malnourished infants, taken from 1977 to 1978. Included are images of: acrodermalitis enteropatnia; malignant diarrhoea; kwashiorkor and gastroenteritis.
Thailand, 1974-1979.
Caribbean:
Caracas, 1976-1977.
Cuba, 1977.
Dominican Republic, 1978-1979.
Haiti, 1979.
Jamaica, 1977-1978.
Jamaica: Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) film, 1973-1977. 2 folders.
Trinidad, 1975-1978.
Central America:
El Salvador, 1978.
Guatemala, 1978-1979.
Mexico, 1978.
Panama, 1978.
Europe:
Netherlands, undated.
Middle East:
Turkey, 1978.
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144.B.16.8F31North America:
Canada, 1977-1979.
Oceania:
Australia, 1978, 1980.
Papua New Guinea, undated and 1977-1979.
Scandinavia:
Sweden, 1978-1979.
Southern Asia:
India, undated and 1977-1978.
Nepal, 1979.
South America:
Brazil, 1978-1980.
Publicity:
Information packet contents, undated and 1981.
Friends of the infant formula campaign mailings, 1979-1983.
Press packet, February 27, 1980.
Press releases, 1977-1982.

Expand/CollapseInternational Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), 1979-1994

In November 1979 IBFAN was formed by INFACT and its affiliates to centralize the international network of boycott groups. IBFAN acted as a pressure group which monitored and reported on industry promotion and marketing, and distributed such information to member groups. IBFAN had three central offices: GIFA in Switzerland, INFACT in the U.S.A., and IOCU in Malaysia.
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144.B.16.8F31Coordinating Council (IBCoCo):
Formation and research coordination, November 1979-1980.
Coordinated action plan for IBFAN, 1981-1982.
Meetings, agendas, minutes, and notes, 1982-1985. 10 folders.
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144.B.16.9B32Meetings, agendas, minutes, and notes, 1986-1991. 9 folders.
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144.B.16.6F29Funding and finances:
Funding 1980:
Fund raising proposal, August 1980.
German IBFAN proposals, undated and 1980.
German proposal follow-up, 1980.
Finances and congress, 1980-1981.
Monitoring/training program proposal, undated.
Funding 1981:
Fund raising plans, December 10, 1981.
"The IBFAN Cookbook," 1981.
A resource book on the WHO Code.
Finances and funding, 1981-1983.
Funding 1982:
Funding proposals, 1982. 2 folders.
Finances, 1982.
Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA):
Participation and funding for monitoring program, 1980-1983.
Report on IBFAN, December 1985.
Funding proposals, 1985-1987.
Funding proposal: Addressing the world-wide infant feeding crisis: IBFAN beyond the code, undated and 1987.
IBFAN international conference:
The International Baby Milk Campaign: Strategies for Action, Mexico City, Mexico, February 2-5, 1984.
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144.B.16.10F33The International Baby Milk Campaign: Strategies for Action, Mexico City, Mexico, February 2-5, 1984. 2 folders.
IBFAN regional meetings and forums:
Meeting, Geneva Switzerland, September 28, 1980.
IBFAN congress, May 24-26, 1981.
IBFAN Europe meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 5-7, 1982.
Planning meeting, Gex, France, May 22-26, 1983.
Planning with Paul [Mihe], January 29-February 2, 1983.
North American conference, 1984.
IBFAN Asia conference 86, Sam Phran, Thailand, October 5-12, 1986.
IBFAN Europe regional meeting, Paris, France, May 25-28, 1989.
International IBFAN forum, Manila, Philippines, October 9-14, 1989.
IBFAN Monitoring Project (IMP):
Infant formula promotion [monitoring], 1980.
IMP initial planning/country selection, 1986-1993.
Protocol drafting, 1990-1993.
IMP funding, 1992-1993.
IMP proposals, 1992-1994.
Letters of agreement, 1993.
IMP Phase II, 1993.
WHO Code:
Code advocacy, 1983.
Breast-Feeding and WHO's Infant Code: a Status Report with Special Reference to IBFAN's Role, August 1986.
Critiques on drafts of the WHO code, [1980].
Lobbying UNICEF's executive board, 1986.
WHO/UNICEF meeting summaries, 1979-1981.
Correspondence:
General 1980-1988. 6 folders.
Action for Corporate Accountability, 1987-1988. 2 folders.
Aktionsgruppe Babynahrung (AGB) e. v. [Germany], 1986-1989.
European Economic Community (EEC), 1986-1987.
IBFAN Africa, 1985-1987.
IBFAN Europe, 1982, 1987-1990.
International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU), 1980-1981.
Norwegian group, 1980-1981.
WHO code, 1981-1988.
Publications:
Baby Milk from Japan: Breaking the Rules, undated.
Breaking the Rules, 1982, 1983, 1985, and [1987].
Breaking the Rules--1982, 1982.
Breaking the Rules in 1984, 1984-1985.
Breaking the Rules in Europe, May 1987.
Breastfeeding Briefs, 1986-1990.
Four Years Later, and Still Breaking the Rules, 1985.
IBFAN in Asia, 1986.
IBFAN Afrique Nouvelles, 1986, 1988.
Infant Formula Promotion, 1979-1981.
Still Breaking the Rules, [1988].
Verstßfse der Firma Milupa, undated.
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144.B.16.11B34Newsletter:
IBFAN News, April 1980-March/April 1989.
Newsletter production, 1988.
Centralized mailing list, 1982-1983.
Newsletter mailing list by country, 1987.
Newsletter mailing list, April 1989.
Action packs:
Breast Is Best: Policy to Practice, 1983.
Fighting for Infant Survival, 1989, 1991.
Flyers and packets inserts, 1980-1982.
Press releases, 1979-1987.
Breast feeding promotion efforts:
Asian Regional Seminar for the Promotion of Breastfeeding, Manila, Philippines, September 27-30, 1982.
International Conference on Community-Based Breastfeeding Mothers Support Group, Montego Bay, Jamaica, November 29-December 2, 1982.
First Caribbean Regional Conference on the Promotion and Protection of Breastfeeding, Port of Spain, Trinidad, December 5-9, 1982.
IBFAN/IOCU/UNICEF workshops to promote breastfeeding:
Correspondence and planning, 1978-1983.
IOCU report of phase I (September-November 1980) of the project to monitor the marketing and promotional activities of the infant food industry in selected Asian countries, 1980.
Program proposals by region, undated.
Africa, 1982-1983.
India, 1983.
Middle East, 1982-1983, 1986.
Peru, 1983.
Southeast Asia, 1983.
IOCU pamphlets, 1985-1988.

Expand/CollapseInternational Nestlé Boycott Committee (INBC), 1979-1993

In September 1979 INFACT and the National Council of Churches (NCC) sponsored an international meeting for groups interested in the Nestlé boycott. The International Nestlé Boycott Committee (INBC) was created at this meeting. INBC acted as an administrative body, directing the boycott and protest efforts. It was also the official voice for negotiations with Nestlé.
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144.B.16.10F33INBC membership:
Organizing members and first meeting, 1979-1983.
Member meeting, 1979-1983.
Membership, 1982.
Membership drive, March 1983.
Endorsers, single sheet inventory, August 30, 1980.
Unified boycott team, 1979-1982.
Steering Committee meetings, 1980-1982.
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144.B.16.12F35Steering Committee meetings, 1983-1989. 3 folders.
Administration meetings:
Washington D.C., March 21, 1983.
Gex, France, May 27-29, 1983.
IBFAN international conference: International Baby Milk Campaign: Strategies for Action, Mexico City, Mexico, February 2-5, 1984. 2 folders.
Boycott and networking files:
Boycott ad in the New York Times, 1980.
Correspondence, 1980-1992.
Direct mail solicitation, November 1985.
Letters to and replies from thirty-one companies regarding the WHO/UNICEF code concerning free supplies to hospitals, November 20, 1985 and 1986.
Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission (NIFAC), 1986-1988.
INBC Europe, 1984-1992.
INBC/IBFAN infant foods marketing survey, October 1985.
INBC marketing survey, 1984.
International file, 1988-1989. 2 folders.
International petition:
Petition, undated and 1983.
Petition drive, 1983. 2 folders.
Position paper, October 4, 1984.
Position paper, undated.
Press releases, 1992-1993.
Update, September 24, 1993.
INBC boycott review meeting:
Agenda and meeting preparation, 1984.
Minutes, September 28-29, 1984.
Campaign, September 28-29, 1984.
Implementation, September 28-29, 1984.
Monitoring, September 28-29, 1984.
Negotiations with Nestlé:
Negotiation Advisory Team (NAT) establishment and membership, 1980-1983.
Correspondence with Nestlé representatives:
Fürer, Arthur, Nestlé SA, 1979, 1981.
Angst, Dr. Carl, General Manager, Nestlé SA, 1983-1984.
Pagan, Rafael, President, Nestlé Coordination Center on Nutrition (NCCN), 1981-1983.
Between Churchill, Jonathan (INBC Attorney) and Rafael Pagan, 1983.
Negotiations 1977-1983:
1977-1982. 3 folders.
Questions to Nestlé concerning WHO/UNICEF code of marketing and Nestlé instructions, July 23, 1982.
1983. 2 folders.
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144.B.16.13B36Programs for Appropriate Technologies in Health (PATH), undated and 1983.
Negotiations 1984:
1984.
Nestlé documents, December 15, 1983-January 31, 1984.
INBC documents and notes, December 13, 1983-January 31, 1984.
Notes, January 1984.
Douglas A. Johnson's working notebook on issues of the joint agreement, January-September 1984.
Nestlé/INBC/UNICEF meeting, January 14, 1984.
Nestlé/INBC follow-up meeting, March 2, 1984.
Nestlé compliance program, 1984.
Nestlé universality meetings, 1984.
Nestlé: "What's Left," 1984.
Tejada plan, 1984.
End of the boycott:
Press conferences regarding the agreement and end of the boycott, January-October 1984.
Nestlé/INBC joint press conference, October 4, 1984.
Boycott victory press releases, 1984.

Expand/CollapseUNICEF, 1975-1994

UNICEF was instrumental in the development and promotion of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. INFACT's files on UNICEF are relatively brief, being limited to UNICEF’s participation and recommendations concerning the October 9-12, 1979 meeting and UNICEF's later initiatives concerning infant feeding. Some of the UNICEF papers reflect the involvement of other affiliate groups through shared and copied correspondence.
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144.B.16.13B36General file, 1981-1993. 2 folders.
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, 1992.
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative compliance report, April 29, 1993.
Background information on young child feeding, 1980-1981.
Cables from INCB and ICCR, 1982.
"Campaign for Child Survival," undated.
Sponsored by the U.S. Committee for UNICEF and the Carnegie Foundation.
Cartoons, undated.
Correspondence:
Barry, Sheila, 1982.
Nestlé, 1982-1983.
Vittachi, Tarzie, 1980.
An End to the Ambiguities: All Marketing Practices Which Disrupt Breastfeeding Should Be Stopped, July 1993.
Executive directive regarding breastfeeding, 1989.
Executive director and board members, 1987-1989.
Field directory, 1981-1982.
Guidelines for Emergency Use of Formula, July 1993.
Guidelines on Ending the Distribution of Free and Low Cost Supplies of Infant Formula to Health Care Facilities, 1992.
Interagency Workshop in Health Care Practices Relating to Breastfeeding, December 7-9, 1988.
Non-governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on UNICEF symposium on breastfeeding, April 2-3, 1981.
NGO UNICEF Newsletter, December 1979.
Physicians pledge, 1994.
The Promotion of Breastfeeding, 1980.
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144.B.16.13B36Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breast-feeding: the Special Role of Maternity Services. Joint WHO/UNICEF Statement, undated.
Questions and Answers on Infant Feeding, April 1981.
Report on the Consultation on Breast-feeding and Young Child Nutrition, June 9-11, 1986.
Status Report on the Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, Relationship with the Nestlé Company and Support to NGO Activities, February 7, 1983.
Support of the WHO code, 1980-1983.
UNICEF NEWS "Fighting Child Malnutrition" part 2 Issue 86/1975/4, 1975.
UNICEF/WHO literature, 1978-1981.
United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries, Statement by James P. Grant, Executive Director, UNICEF, September 4, 1981.
U.S. State Department vs. UNICEF, December 1985.
UNESCO endorsement, March 1980.

Expand/CollapseWar on Want, 1977-1981

This group of papers pertains to the organization which brought the infant formula issue to international attention. In 1974 they published The Baby Killers, an article which made the condemning connection between infant formula promotion and infant deaths due to "bottle baby" disease. This report spread to other nations and prompted the beginnings of pressure on the formula companies. War on Want and Andy Chetley continued to promote the boycott in England and were involved in INBC and IBFAN. War on Want papers appear in other series.
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144.B.16.13B36"Anatomy of a Boycott: A Rejoinder," by Andy Chetley, Food Policy, August 1980.
The Baby Killer, third edition, August 1977.
The Baby Killer Scandal, by Andy Chetley, 1979.
Baby milk debate in the House of Commons, 1981.
Correspondence:
Cow and Gate, Ltd., 1979-1980.
General, 1979-1981.
Glaxo, 1980.
International Council of Infant Foods Industries (ICIFI), undated and 1980-1981.
INFACT, 1978-1980.
Nestlé, 1978-1979.
Digest, 1980-1981.
Funding application for European development education programme on infant feeding and pharmaceuticals, undated.
Marketing Infant Formula: a Bibliography, undated. booklet.
Infant formula and foods advertisements, 1980-1981.
Newspaper clippings, 1979-1981.
Promotional material, undated.
Flyers, bulletins, letters, etc.
Research outline form, undated.
Response to Nestlé: Anatomy of a Boycott by Andy Chetley, undated.

Expand/CollapseWorld Health Organization (WHO) and World Health Assembly (WHA), 1978-1994

INFACT's files on WHO and WHA contain materials from all INFACT's affiliate groups. The focus is the Joint WHO/UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding, held October 9-12, 1979. This meeting specifically addressed the infant formula issue and international regulation of infant formula advertising and distribution. The code developed out of this meeting went through several revisions and was adopted in 1981. The code is a recommendation for voluntary action by companies and nations, since it was determined that WHO had no legal grounds on which to enforce the code. The majority of these papers date to immediately before, during, and after the WHO/UNICEF meeting. INFACT and ICCR participated in the meeting and kept the formal reports and many notes on the development of the code. There are also records from the WHO Executive Board and the World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings, which pertain to infant formula and infant feeding.
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144.B.16.13B36WHO Informal Session, UNICEF Headquarters, New York:
Notes and papers [Ed Baer's file], July 24, 1979.
Notes and papers [Leah Margulies' file], July 24, 1979.
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144.B.16.14F37WHO/UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding:
Address by Dr. T. A. Lambo, October 9, 1979.
Background paper, October 9-12, 1979.
Chetley, Andy: Notes, October 9-12, 1979.
ICIFI supplemental background paper, October 9-12, 1979.
INFACT's participation plan and budget, 1979.
INFACT's meeting preparations, 1978-1979.
Invitation to participate, March 1979.
Meeting documents, October 9-12, 1979.
Participants, September 1979.
Statements and submitted papers:
Abbott Laboratories, October 1979.
Bristol-Meyers, October 1979.
ICCR "What We Believe About the WHO/UNICEF Meeting: Plans and Actions," undated.
ICIFI, October 9-12, 1979.
Labouisse, H. R., October 9, 1979.
Opening statements, October 9, 1979.
Wyeth International, Ltd., October 9, 1979.
WHO statements and recommendations, October 1979.
WHO International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes:
Code drafts, notes, and final versions:
Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes Draft, February 1980.
Section 2.6 Appropriate Marketing and Distribution of Infant Formula, Draft, undated.
International Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, 1981.
International Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, April 15, 1985.
"The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes," by Sami Shubber in International Digest of Health Legislation v. 36, n. 4, 1985.
Shubber's analysis of the code.
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144.B.16.14F37Code implementation, 1981.
Code production, 1980.
Notes of clarification, July 1982.
Notes on the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, July 1982.
Critiques of the code drafts nos. 1-4, 1980. 4 folders.
Government and industry response:
Infant formula industry anti-code position, 1980-1981.
[U.S.] government response to the first draft of the Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, April 28, 1980.
U.S. government position: Post WHO/UNICEF meeting, 1980-1981.
ICCR/INFACT criticism of the U.S. government and formula industry, 1981.
Consultations by WHO/UNICEF:
Consultation with experts, February 14-15, 1980.
Consultation with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), February 22, 1980.
Consultations on draft three, August-September 1980. 2 folders.
Guidance for U.S. delegation to WHO governmental consultation on infant feeding, Geneva, Switzerland, September 25-26, 1980.
IBFAN documents/government consultation, 1980.
Definition of need:
Definition of "need," 1982-1985.
Definition of need/free supplies, 1985.
Guidelines on "have to be fed," April 1986.
Code related papers and studies:
Bottles, teats, and pacifiers, 1981.
Breastfeeding promotion, 1978-1979.
Commonwealth/WHO/UNICEF Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe, January 17-21, 1983.
"Breastfeeding and Fertility Regulation: Current Knowledge and Programme Policy Implications," in Bulletin of the World Health Organization 61:3, 371-382 (1983).
Foods for Infants and Young Children: a Survey of Relevant National Legislation, by Dr. J. de Moerloose, 1981.
Guidelines for the Promotion and Facilitation of Breast-feeding Through the Health Care System, January 27, 1987.
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144.B.16.14F37Government Legislation and Policies on Pregnancy, Maternity, Infant Feeding, and Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, February 1983.
Hazardous Exports, December 21, 1983.
"Interventions for the Control of Diarrhoel Diseases Among Young Children: Promotion of Breast-feeding," by R. G. Feachem and M. A. Koblinsky in Bulletin of the World Health Organization 62:2, 271-291 (1984).
Proposal to Amend the Code of Ethics for International Trade in Food, 1983.
Status of Women and Breastfeeding, 1981.
Strategies for the Legal Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, November 10-12, 1982.
United Nations World Food Program, 1984.
WHO Collaborative Study on Breastfeeding: Methods and Main Results of the First Phase of Study, October 1979.
Correspondence:
Pre October 9-12, 1979 meeting, 1978-1979.
Post October 9-12, 1979 meeting, October 13, 1979-April 30, 1980.
1980-1989. 4 folders.
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144.B.16.15B38Carballo, Dr. Michael, 1978-1982.
WHO delegates, November 1981.
INFACT/ICCR/INBC interactions:
"Bottle Babies" information day sponsored by ICCR, October 8, 1979.
Hoye proposal, January 20, 1983.
"Industry Declares War" position paper, April 1981.
Knox documents, undated.
Code regarding breastfeeding encouragement and support.
Reports on the WHO/UNICEF meeting, October 9-12, 1979.
Trip to Geneva, Switzerland, June 19-21, 1979.
Ed Baer, of ICCR, gathering information and building alliances for upcoming WHO/UNICEF meeting.
WHO hearings, 1979-1980.
WHO packet, 1979.
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144.B.16.15B38Press:
Press articles, 1976-1982. 3 folders.
Press releases, 1978-1989.
Press releases concerning the WHO executive board, 1981.
WHO regional files:
Regional Committee for Europe, 1982.
Relationships with non-governmental organizations (NGO), undated and 1980.
Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) meeting, September 20-24, 1982.
WHO executive board:
Transcripts of tapes, 1981-1983.
67th Session:
Draft International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes Endorsement (EB67.R12), January 28, 1981.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Progress Report by Director General (EB67/19), November 6, 1980.
Members and seating, 1981.
Provisional Summary Record of the 23rd Meeting (EB67/SR/23), January 27, 1981.
Provisional Summary Record of the 24th Meeting (EB67/SR/24), January 28, 1981.
Swiss and German position papers, 1981.
71st Session:
Notes and memos, 1982-1983.
Programme of Work Nos. 9, 10, and 12, January 22-26, 1983.
Proposed Programme Budget for the Financial Period 1984-1985 (EB71/43), January 25, 1983.
Provisional Agenda for the 36th WHA (EB71/Inf.Doc./4), December 1982-January 1983.
Provisional Summary Record of the 19th Meeting (EB71/SR/19), January 24, 1983.
Report by the Director General (EB71/21), November 11, 1982.
Report of the Standing Committee on Non-governmental Organizations (EB71/31), January 22, 1983.
81st Session:
Conference Papers, (EB81/Conf. Papers/3, 6), December 1987-January 1988.
Collaboration with Non-governmental Organizations Report by Director General (EB81/39), November 26, 1987.
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144.B.16.15B38Provisional Summary Record of the 2nd Meeting, (EB81/SR/2), January 11, 1988.
85th Session:
Resolution Protecting, Promoting, and Supporting Breastfeeding (EB85.R8), January 23, 1990.
89th Session:
Code Status Report (EB89/28), 1990-1991.
World Health Assembly (WHA):
Correspondence and notes, 1980-1982, 1984. 2 folders.
U.S. government position, 1980.
ICCR/INFACT criticism of the U.S. government position at WHA, May 1980.
31st Session:
The Role of the Health Sector in the Development of National and International Food and Nutrition Policies and Plans, with Special Reference to Combating Malnutrition (WHA31.47), May 24, 1978.
33rd Session:
WHO/UNICEF Meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding Follow-up Report by the Director General (A33/6 and A33/6 Add.1), April 3 and 24, 1980.
List of Participants (WHA33/Div/3/Rev.1), May 8, 1980.
Committee A: Provisional Summary Record of the 6th, 7th, and 8th Meetings (A33/A/SR/6, 7, & 8), May 16-17, 1980.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Draft Resolution (A33/A/Conf. Paper No/ 1), May 13 and 22, 1980.
Infant and Young Child Feeding Resolution (WHA33.32), May 23, 1980.
Study of the Organization's Structures in Light of Its Functions (WHA33.17), May 21, 1980.
34th Session:
Committee A: 1st and 2nd (Draft) Reports (A34/39 and A34/42), May 20-21, 1981.
Committee A: Provisional Summary Record of the 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, and 14th Meetings (A34/A/RDS/7, 8, 9, 13, 14), May 15-21, 1981.
Committee B: Provisional Summary Record of the 2nd Meeting (A34/B/SR/2), May 12, 1981.
Committee B: 3rd Report (A34/37), May 19, 1981.
Conference Papers Nos. 3, 5, 8, 12, and 13 (A34/A/Conf. Paper 3, 5, 8, 12, 13), May 16-20, 1981.
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144.B.16.15B38Consolidated Report of the Technical Discussion at the 34th WHA on "Health System Support for Primary Health Care" (A34/Tech Disc./4), May 15, 1981.
Draft International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (A34/8), March 23, 1981.
Draft International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (A34/Inf. Doc./9-12), May 14-21, 1981.
Resolutions (WHA34.5, 7, 8, 12-17, 22, 23), May 15-21, 1981.
35th Session:
"Countdown for Health for All" address by Dr. H. Mahler, Director General, WHO (WHA35/Div/4), May 4, 1982.
Committee A: Provisional Summary Record of the 4th, 7th, and 8th Meetings (A35/A/SR/4, 7, 8), May 10-12, 1982.
Committee A: 3rd Report (A35/40), May 14, 1982.
Conference Papers/Draft Resolutions (A35/A/Conf. Paper No. 2), May 11-12, 1982.
List of Delegates and Other Participants (WHA35/Div/1 and Div 3/Rev. 1), March 8 and May 6, 1982.
Reports by the Director General (A35/8, 11, 13, 35), March 30-May 10, 1982.
Resolutions (WHA35.13, 14), May 12, 1982.
Statements and speeches, 1982.
Task Force on Infant and Young Child Feeding Notes on the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (WHA35.26), 1982.
37th Session: Summary Records and Draft Resolutions (A37), 1984.
38th Session:
List of Delegates and Other Participants, (WHA38/Div/3/Rev.1), May 1985.
Committee A: Provisional Summary Record of the 6th and 7th Meeting (A38/A/SR/6, 7), May 13-14, 1985.
39th Session:
Report by the Director General (A39/8), April 7, 1986.
Resolution on Infant and Young Child Feeding (WHA39.28), May 16, 1986.
41st Session: May 2-10, 1988.
47th Session: Resolution on Infant and Young Child Nutrition (WHA47.5), May 9, 1994.

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The Minnesota Historical Society museum collection has nine Nestlé brand infant formula tins, retained as examples of Nestlé product packaging.

Additional INFACT records are at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Advertising -- Baby Foods -- Law and legislation.
Bottle Feeding -- Health aspects.
Boycotts.
Infant Formulas.
Infants -- Nutrition.
Kwashiorkor.
Legislative Hearings -- United States.
Marasmus.
Persons:
Baer, Ed, author.
Chetley, Andrew, author.
Ciocca, Henry G., author.
Clement, Douglas, author.
Gaschott, Nancy E., author.
Guerrant, David E., author.
Johnson, Douglas A., author.
Margulies, Leah, author.
Resnick, Idrian N., author.
Salmon, Carol-Linnea, author.
Seitz, Ruth Hoover, author.
Organizations:
American Home Products.
Baby Milk Action Coalition, author.
Bristol-Meyers Co. -- Ltd. Mead Jonnson Division
Geneva Infant Feeding Association, author.
INFACT (Minn.), author.
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, author.
International Council of Infant Food Industries, author.
International Nestlé Boycott Committee, author.
International Organization of Consumers Unions (Penang, Malaysia), author.
Nestlé Alimentana.
Nestlé Company.
Nestlé Coordination Center for Nutrition, author.
Nestlé Infant Formula Audit Commission, author.
Newman Center (University of Minnesota) -- Third World Institute, author.
Sisters of the Precious Blood, author.
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
Stouffer Corporation.
UNICEF, author.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Human Resources. Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research.
War on Want, author.
World Health Assembly, author.
World Health Organization.
Wyeth Laboratories.
Types of Documents:
Advertisements.
Brochures.
Flyers.
Pamphlets.
Photographs.
Titles:
International Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.

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