Table 4.
Violations of international code in Togo and Burkina Faso on labelling of breast milk substitutes
| No of products violating code
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Recommends inappropriate age of introduction
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No statement on superiority of breast feeding
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Does not say use only on advice of health provider
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No instructions for appropriate preparation
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No warning against health hazards of inappropriate use
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Pictures, drawings, or text idealising use
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No information on storage
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Suggests/ recommends use of feeding bottle
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No information on composition/ analysis
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Inappropriate language (*)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant formula: | |||||||||||
| Nestlé | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Danone | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Wyeth | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Novolac | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Milk-cereal complementary food: | |||||||||||
| Danone | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Nestlé | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Protein-Kisser | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Unite Den Mugu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Sodepal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Centre Feminin d'Aliments de Sevrage | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Societe Eaoun et Fils | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| AJOC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Vegetable or fruit based complementary food: | |||||||||||
| Danone | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| Nestlé | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Fruit juice: | |||||||||||
| Danone | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||
| Nestlé | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Bottles/pacifiers: | |||||||||||
| Camera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Remond | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Dodie | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 40 | 37 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 39 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
*
Language other than French. No label in any of local languages was found.