ABSTRACT
How countries enforce the Code The International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes aims to promote infant nutrition by protecting breastfeeding from inappropriate marketing of infant formula and other breast-milk substitutions. It is a minimum standard, enforceable through 'national legislation, regulations or other suitable measures'. Only countries that have adopted legally enforceable measures implementing the Code in its entirety are listed in Category 1. Just 16 countries fall into this category - a disappointing showing considering that the Code is a minimum standard.
