What measures are required to implement the International Code of Marketing of Human Milk Substitutes and who should enforce them?
The International Code of Marketing of Human Milk Substitutes requires appropriate actions to enforce its principles and objectives, including the adoption of national laws and regulations or other relevant measures. All actions should be made public. Since the code is a minimum requirement, governments can adopt additional measures - potentially more stringent than those set out in the code - and make them legally binding.