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https://www.investing.com/news/stoc...s-are-saturating-mothers-social-media-2813517

Nestle, the world's biggest food company, has said that it will stop promoting infant formula for babies younger than six months all over the world from the end of 2022. Currently, Nestle does not promote infant formula for babies younger than 12 months in 163 countries. Some, including Nestle, say they cannot control the actions of independent "bad actors".

"Anyone in China can buy infant formula in Australia and sell it back on the internet independently," Marie Chantal Messier, global head of food and industry affairs at Nestle, told Reuters. "Often, people are not aware of the WHO code and therefore it's challenging for us to engage.
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"They raise a fair point that there are multiple actors who are involved in this," WHO's Grummer-Strawn said. But it's unfair to "absolve them of responsibility...they pay marketers, they sponsor the various entities that are sharing misinformation," he added.