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Nestlé holds about 50% of the world's breast milk substitute market and is
being boycotted for continued breaches of the 1981 WHO Code regulating
the marketing of breast milk substitutes.
Nestlé encourages bottle feeding primarily by either giving away free samples
of baby milk to hospitals, or neglecting to collect payments. It has been
criticised for misinforming mothers and health workers in promotional
literature. Nestlé implies that malnourished mothers, and mothers of twins
and premature babies are unable to breastfeed, despite health organisations
claims that there is no evidence to support this.
Even in the UK, bottle-fed babies are up to ten times more likely to develop
gastro intestinal infections, but in the Third World, where clean water may
be absent, mothers may be illiterate and independent health care and advice
may be lacking, bottle feeding can be more dangerous. This can lead to a
situation where bavies are left vulnerable to dysentery, malnutrition and
death, and Nestle is able to retain its estimated $4 billion market share in
the baby-milk industry.
Exploiting employees
Abusing animals
Nestlé own nearly 50% of the cosmetics company L'Oreal. L'Oreal was
subject to boycott calls from animal rights groups including PeTA because of
its animal testing policy. Since then L'Oreal has claimed that it no longer
tests finished products on animals. This statement is obviously intended to
mislead since finished products do not require further testing and it implies
that the ingredients are certainly still subject to tests. Some groups called
off the boycott in response to L'Oreals' claims, however there are
individuals and organisations who continue the boycott and L'Oreal continues
to test on animals.
Nestlé itself manufactures products containing meat and has been critised by
BUAV for testing its coffee's carcinogenicity on mice.
Nestlé India is a subsidiary of Nestlé S.A. of Switzerland. With seven factories and a large number of
co-packers, Nestlé India is a vibrant Company that provides consumers in India with products of global
standards and is committed to long-term sustainable growth and shareholder satisfaction.
The Company insists on honesty, integrity and fairness in all aspects of its business and expects the
same in its relationships. This has earned it the trust and respect of every strata of society that it comes
in contact with and is acknowledged amongst India's 'Most Respected Companies' and amongst the
'Top Wealth Creators of India'.
The company dates to 1867, when two separate Swiss enterprises were
founded that would later form the core of Nestlé. In the succeeding decades
the two competing enterprises aggressively expanded their businesses
throughout Europe and the United States.
In August of 1867 Charles A. and George Page, two American brothers from Lee County, IL,
established the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in Cham. Their first British operation was
opened at Chippenham, Wiltshire in 1873.[3]
In September 1867, in Vevey, Henri Nestlé developed a milk-based baby food and soon began
marketing it. Henri Nestlé retired in 1875, but the company, under new ownership, retained his name as
Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé.