Assistant Director, Food Safety and Applied Nutrition of NAFDAC, Mrs Benedicta Ughanze has voiced out that poor feeding habits is a big reason for the increase in hild morbidity and mortality in Nigeria.
She also praised the media for its vital role in the promotion of code of compliance on the right form of feeding.
Her words, “Ideally, the media serves several essential roles in our society. Their primary purpose is to inform the public, providing citizens with the information needed to make thoughtful decisions about the environment and policies.
” The media acts as watchdogs checking activities going on in our environment.So they can be used to promote the code of compliance,”
“Unsuitable products, such as sweetened condensed milk, should not be promoted for babies.
“Manufacturers and distributors of breastmilk substitutes and related products shall not sponsor meetings of health professionals and scientific meetings.”
She urged manufacturers and distributors to adhere to the Code’s provisions even if their nations had not adopted laws or other measures.
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