Assessment of corporate compliance with guidance and regulations on labels of commercially produced complementary foods sold in Cambodia, Nepal, Senegal and Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorSweet, Lara
dc.contributor.authorPereira, Catherine
dc.contributor.authorFord, Rosalyn
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-09T12:58:44Z
dc.date.available2022-11-09T12:58:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractNational legislation and global guidance address labelling of complementary foods to ensure that labels support optimal infant and young child feeding practices. This cross-sectional study assessed the labels of commercially produced complementary foods (CPCF) sold in Phnom Penh (n = 70), Cambodia; Kathmandu Valley (n = 22), Nepal; Dakar Department (n = 84), Senegal; and Dar es Salaam (n = 26), Tanzania. Between 3.6% and 30% of products did not provide any age recommendation and 8.6 20.2% of products, from all sites, recommended an age of introduction of <6 months. Few CPCF products provided a daily ration (0.0 8.6%) and 14.5 55.6% of those that did exceeded the daily energy recommendation for complementary foods for a breastfed child from 6 to 8.9 months of age.Only 3.6 27.3%of labels provided accurate and completemessages in the required language encouraging exclusive breastfeeding, and almost none (0.0 2.9%) provided accurate and complete messages regarding the appropriate introduction of complementary foods together with continued breastfeeding. Between 34.3% and 70.2% of CPCF manufacturers also produced breastmilk substitutes and 41.7 78.0% of relevant CPCF products cross-promoted their breastmilk substitutes products. Labelling practices of CPCF included in this study do not fully comply with international guidance on their promotion and selected aspects of national legislation, and there is a need for more detailed normative guidance on certain promotion practices in order to protect and promote optimal infant and young child feeding.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSweet, L. et al. (2016) Assessment of corporate compliance with guidance and regulations on labels of commercially produced complementary foods sold in Cambodia, Nepal, Senegal and Tanzania. Maternal and child nutrition. [Online] 12 (S2), 106–125.en_US
dc.identifier.issnhttps//doi.org:/10.1111/mcn.12268
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8157
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectNational legislationen_US
dc.subjectInfant and young child feedingen_US
dc.subjectWorld health organisationen_US
dc.subjectBreast-milk Substitutesen_US
dc.titleAssessment of corporate compliance with guidance and regulations on labels of commercially produced complementary foods sold in Cambodia, Nepal, Senegal and Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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