Please tell us what you think about this Baby Milk Action campaign on formula pricing and marketing

[RowanMumsnet]

Hello,

We've been contacted by the team at Baby Milk Action with a request that Mumsnet offer public support for its new campaign to persuade formula manufacturers to stop promoting their products and to make permanent (rather than promotional) cuts to the price of formula milk. Baby Milk Action's view is that international marketing rules ban companies from promoting formula, but they do not abide by these rules in the UK. The campaign promotes the right of mothers and the wider public to independent information on pregnancy and baby care through the health care system and mother support groups.

You can read Baby Milk Action's press release about the campaign here.

We'd be interested to hear your views about whether this is something Mumsnet should sign up to. As most of you will already know, Mumsnet supports the Nestle boycott and works with Baby Milk Action to put pressure on formula manufacturers to act responsibly; you can see more about our policy on this here.

Thanks,

MNHQ

I agree, frmua is so expensive for what it is, and you don't even get a full can. Hence I am expressing as much as I can so I don't have to buy much formula

Please support the campaign. I feel very strongly about this as I think would any mother armed with all the facts

What Eau said .

I support this petition too. It will be a big uphill battle against the multinational corporations who want to keep the status quo because they profit from it, instead of doing what is right.

Agree with all the above really. Good campaign. Please support.

Absolutely agree re perm reduction in price

Yes please support this campaign. I have nothing against the formula feeding of babies but I have massive issues with information on infant nutrition being delivered by those motivated primarily by commercial gain.

Yes, mumsnet should support this campaign.

yes please support. bma is a great organisation that seems to have a genuine mission to protect women and babies. It would be fab if mn got behind it.

Yes please

Agree with all above comments I'm appalled by the way these companies exploit women and their babies here and abroad.

Please support this campaign.

This looks a really well thought out campaign. I'd be really happy to see MN support this.

Yes please.

Yes please support it

Yes please support - parents who use FF for whatever reason (including me at one point) need good information which is free of commercial taint. They do not need to be told that X brand is good because "it is the closest to breastmilk"

Nor should they have to pay a fortune for advertising campaigns.

Please support.

Any updates MNHQ?

Only just noticed this, Please support

I agree with everyone else, please support this.

Thanks to you all for posting. We'll get some updates for you as soon as we can.

Hi there,

Yes, we will be supporting this one; we're talking to Baby Milk Action about the best way to do that and we'll come back to you with some news soon.

Yes, do. Bottle feeding is one of the biggest killers of babies on the planet. Some of the ads on television are just unacceptable.

There are so many areas in which what is good for people is what others want to advertise. Another example is advertising foods which are not good for people. No one really spends money in advertising basic foods which people need like veg.

Thank you, MNHQ :)