Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | A regional consumer protection authority has issued an alert regarding a global recall of specific Nestle infant formula products. The COMESA Competition and Consumer Commission announced that Nestle voluntarily recalled multiple batches of its SMA brand formulas due to the potential presence of cereulide. Nestle …
Read More »Biden invokes Defense Production Act to address infant formula shortage
Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to boost production of baby formula Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to boost production of baby formula and approved flights to bring in overseas infant formula amid a nationwide shortage. “The president is requiring …
Read More »Health ministry seeks tough measures to govern sell of baby formula
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Health has drafted amendments to the regulations on the marketing and sale of infants and child foods. Currently, the country uses the 1997 regulations on the marketing of infants and young child foods adopted from the 1981 International Code of Marketing of …
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