Documentation of the Violations under IMS Act
Documentation of the Violations under IMS Act
- Letter to Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Hon’ble Minister of State, MoHFW, GOI, about Illegal Activity and Sale of Neolacta, 19th March 2024
- Letter to Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about Violation of Section 3 (c) of the IMS Act by Happa Foods. 1st March 2024
- Letter to Sh. Anupam Mishra, Joint Secretary (CA), MoCA, Food & Public Distribution, GOI, about Request for meeting regarding baby food advertisements on social media platforms, 13th Feb 2024
- Letter to Shri. Sudhansh Pant, Secretary,MoHFW, GOI, about Violation of Section 3 (c) and 4 (b) (c) of the IMS Act by Philips Avent Infant Feeding Bottle Manufacturer, 2nd August 2023.
- Letter to Shri Indevar Pandey, Secretary, MoWCD, GOI, about Violation of Section 3 (c) and 4 (b) (c) of the IMS Act by Philips Avent Infant Feeding Bottle Manufacturer, 2nd August 2023.
- Letter to Sh. Rajesh Bhushan,Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about A Bill to prevent commercialisation of human breastmilk, 23rd Jan 2023
- Letter to, Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar,Hon’ble Minister of State, MoHFW, GOI about Illegal Activity and sale of “Neolacta” Continues, 2 Sep 2022
- Letter to Mr. Arun Singhal, CEO, FSSAI about Neslak Biosciences - commercialisation of mother’s milk and violating a national law, dated 29 August 2022
- Letter to, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon'ble Cabinet Minister,Ministry of Ayush, about Concerns about breast milk made a tradable commodity: Request for cancellation of AYUSH License (AUS-993 dated 24.11.2021), 23 July 2022
- Letter to, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about continued violation of the IMS Act, 24 Jan 2022
- Letter to, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, on request for making 2 health services mandatory to improve early breastfeeding rates in the hospitals, 22 Dec 2021
- Letter to, Shri Rajiv Gauba, Cabinet Secretary of India about Request to change the Rules of Business to effectively implement Infant Milk Substitutes Feeding Bottles, and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992, and Amendment Act 2003(IMS Act),20th Dec 2021
- Letter to, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, on violation of the IMS Act , 28th October 2021
- Letter to, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about PharmEasy is promoting the sale of infant milk substitute by giving discount. 28th October 2021
- Letter to, Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about request to launch a criminal investigation by MOHFW on reports of Danone violations of the IMS Act. 18th October 2021
- Letter to Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon'ble Minister, MoHFW, GOI,about government action needed on two fronts, dated 19 May 2021
- Letter to Dr Ranjan Kumar Pajaver,President NNF about Danone and Neonatalogists, April 18, 2021
- Letter to Dr Ranjan Kumar Pajaver,President NNF about the NNF and its position vis a vis Neolacta Lifesciences, Feb 18, 2021
- Letter to , Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about the Violation of Section 9 (2) of the IMS Act – ABBOTT INDIA is one of the sponsors of the CIAP Conference from 4-7 Feb, 2021.
- Letter to Dr. Alpesh Gandhi, President, FOGSI about on request to lead awareness in FOGSI Members about the IMS Act and stop violation of the IMS Act, Sep 14, 2020
- Letter to, Prof. AK Deorari, President, NNF,about the violation of Section 3 (a) and 9(2) of “Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Act 1992, and Amendment Act 2003” (IMS Act) by “NeolactaLifesciencesPvt Ltd” and National Neonatology Forum of India. Sep 3, 2020
- Letter to, Shri Ram Mohan Mishra, Secretary, MoWCD, GOI about the Possible Violations of the “Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Act 1992, and Amendment Act 2003” (IMS Act) by the YouTube channels Mom Com India and VAANI VLOGS;and formula companies Nestle, Abbott, Mead Johnson, Danone Nutricia and Amul, Dated 24th August 2020
- Letter to , Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about the Violation of Section 9 (2) of the IMS Act by infant milk substitute and infant food manufacturer companies Abbott and Danone , 14th August 2020
- Letter to, Dr. Bakul Jayant Parekh,President, IAP,about the Abbott violating the IMS Act by sponsoring Webinars organized in collaboration with IAP or IAP members, dated 14th August 2020
- Letter to Shri Ajay Tirkey, Secretary, MoWCD, GOI, about the Violation of Section 4 (c) of the IMS Act by 37 Krishna Super Marche, dated 17 July 2020
- Letter to, Dr, Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister, MoHFW, GOI on Action to Stop Exploitation of Covid-19 by the Baby food and Feeding bottle companies, dated 19 June 2020
- Letter to Shri Ajay Tirkey, Secretary, MoWCD, GOI, about the Violation of the IMS Act by online shopping website Amazon and bottle feeding manufacturing company Medela, dated 20 May 2020
- Letter to Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI, about the violation of IMS Act by Neolacta Lifesciences Pvt Ltd , 28th Feb 2020
- Letter to Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, MoHFW, GOI to take necessary action against the manufactures, dated 24, Jan 2020
- Letter to Shri Satyendar Jain, Health Minister, Health and Family Welfare Department,Government of NCT of Delhi to urgent intervention to address violation of the IMS Act by Abbott Nutrition, dated 24, Jan 2020.
- Letter to Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to initiate urgent action for effective enforcement of the IMS Act against OGSSI and Abbott India,dated 31, December 2019.
- Letter to Ms. Preeti Sudan,Secretary, MoHFW to initiate urgent action for effective enforcement of the IMS Act and initiate appropriate action against Nestle Health Science, Apollo Hospital through respective state government.
- What Constitutes a Violation of the IMS Act? BPNI information sheet October 2019
- Letter to, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister, MoHFW (Request for Action against the violators of Infant Milk Substitutes Feeding Bottles, and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992, and Amendment Act 2003.(IMS Act)(FTS : 1446104-13 August 2019) September 2019
- Letter to Sh. Shri Rabindra Panwar Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India to take initiate action against violation of IMS Act by online shopping website,dated 28th August 2019.
- Letter to, Dr. Balram Bhargava, DG, ICMR (Continued infringement of the IMS Act 1992 and 2003) August 2019
- Letter to, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, GOI, Nestle violates IMS Act sponsoring research(July, 2019)
- Letter to, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Women and Child Development, GOI, Nestle violates IMS Act sponsoring research (July, 2019)
- Letter to, Shri Rabindra Panwar Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India to initiate appropriate action against the offending organisation (June, 2019)
- Letter to, Managing Director, to withdraw any such promotion/advertisements and refrain in future in compliance with the IMS Act ( June 2019)
- Letter to PM to change the rules of business Jan 2019
- Letter to, Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (General order to appoint “authorised officers” under section 21 (1)( b) of the IMS Act), 17 December 2018
- Letter to, Shri Rakesh Srivastava, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, about violation of the Infant Milk Substitutes Feeding Bottles, and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992, and Amendment Act 2003 (IMS Act) by E-marketing company www.snapdeal.com and a baby food company Ella’s Kitchen, 13th Feb 2018
- Letter to Shri, Rakesh Srivastava, Secretary, MoWCD, GOI to initiate appropriate action against the Medela who has sponsored a CME organized by the Delhi Gynaecologist Forum South, 30th November 2017
- Report on the Monitoring of the Code in 11 Countries of Asia - Inappropriate marketing of baby foods and feeding bottles (Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka & Thailand)-2018
- E- Marketing Companies Making Profits At The Cost Of Infant Lives? - Series 7 (2016)
- Baby food manufacturers become more tricky !! Countinue breaking the law - Series 6 (2015)
- Baby Food Companies Continue to Mislead Mothers, BTL - Series 5 (2013)
- Breaking the Law and undermining Breastfeeding - Series 3 (2006)
- Nestle Provokes Formula Feeding in Baby Care Book - BTL Series -4, 2007
- Nestlé Breaks the Law by Sponsoring Homeopaths - BTL Series 2 (2005)
- Dark Clouds and a Silver Lining!! Dark Clouds and a Silver Lin !!, Number, 36, October, 2012
- The IMS Act saved, happy ending of a successful campaign Number 27, June 2005
- The Amended IMS Act 2003 Protecting Mothers and Children - A Law to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding Number 23, October, 2003
- Violation of the IMS Act occurs if any person 2016
- Violation of the IMS Act, Is if any Infant Food Company (English) 2006
- Violation of the IMS Act, Is if any Infant Food Company (Hindi) 2006
Achievements of IMS Act
- Apologies mail by S. Mahendra Boopatjy, Assistant manager, British Life Science Pvt Ltd regarding withdrawal or to block circulation of advertisement of LF 100 in Indian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol-83, February, 2016
- E-mail communication from Mr. Rajiv Dhir, Marketing Head of Indian Journal of Paediatrics stating that they have blocked February issue in which LF 100 advertisement is published and withdrawn contract with British Biologicals Pvt. Ltd.
- International conference continued without acceptance sponsorship from company Organising committee refused to take sponsorship from MEDELA and STERIFED, 10 -11th April, 2015 Pune .
- Secret meeting of doctors sponsored by Nestle got leaked out. The Secretary, IAP Gorakhpur resigned from his post, 25th August , 2012, Gorakhpur
- National Neonatology Forum Decline Sponsorship by Abbott, 16-19th December, 2011, Chennai.
- 16th Annual Conference of Indian Society for parental and enteral nutrition (ISPEN), sponsored by Nestle Nutrition Institute was cancelled by the organisers after letter issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 10-12th December, 2010, Chandigarh
Letters Issued by Government of India / Action taken by Government of India
- The Government of India suspends license of a company ending commercialization of mother’s milk in response to BPNI’s complaint, dated October 12th, 2022
- MoHFW response to the issue of IMS Act PharmEasy is promoting the sale of infant milk substitute by giving discount, November 8th, 2021
- MoHFW response about the Violation of the IMS Act by Danone dated October 29th, 2021
- NNF response to the issue of IMS Act compliance was discussed in the NNFEB which advised all members & Editor NNF Journal to abstain from taking sponsorship from any commercial organization as per IMS act., Sep 28, 2020
- FSSAI Order to designate FSO to implement the IMS Act
- A letter issued by Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to Secretary, MoWCD, about the Violation of the IMS Act, dated 18th August 2020
- A letter issued by Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to President, FOGSI, Mumbai about the Violation of the IMS Act, dated 18th August 2020
- A letter issued by Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to President, IAP, Mumbai about the Violation of the IMS Act, dated 18th August 2020
- Letter issued by Child Health Division, MoHFW, GOI, To, The Principal Secretaries(Health & FW) Chandigarh, West Bengal & Jharkhand, Representation from BPNI requesting for action to stop exploitation of COVID-19 by the Baby Food and Feeding Bottle companies-reg, dated 27th July 2020
- Minutes of meeting consultation on IMS Act Implementation, 21 January, 2020
- Letter issued by Director of Family Welfare, Odisha to CDM & PHOs-Cum- District Mission Directors, Odisha, dated 3 December, 2019
- Letter issued by Secretary Medical Education and Family Welfare Department Jharkhand to All Civil Surgeons Jharkhand, 13 March 2019
- ICMR response (Request for Action against the violators of Infant Milk Substitutes Feeding Bottles, and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act 1992, and Amendment Act 2003.(IMS Act) (FTS: 1446104-13 August 2019) December 2019
- ICMR response in Nestle funded studies September 2019
- Letter MOHFW responded and written to DG-ICMR to initiate action
- A Letter issued by Secretary MoHFW to Chief Secretary of All States/UTs.
- Letter of Mission Director NHM to BPNI.Jan 2019
- Letter from Shri Manoj Jhalani, Additional Secretary, MoHFW (General order to appoint “authorised officers” under section 21 (1)( b) of the IMS Act)
- Letter from Secretary Health to State Governments Jan 2019
- Letter of Secretary Health to Secretary MoWCD GOI Jan 2019
- A letter issued by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women & Child Development to State Governments to take strict action against such programmes, sponsored by infant food manufactures companies as well as those who attend them, 2nd August. 2011
- A letter issued by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India to various universities, who were collaborating with Nestle India to conduct training workshops of adolescent school girls in various states, 26th July, 2011.
- A letter issued by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare to professional bodies to stress upon the seriousness needed in the implementation of IMS Act, 29th December, 2010.
- A letter issued by additional secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to PGIMER about IMS Act, 30th November, 2010
- A letter jointly signed by both Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India to Chief Secretaries of the states for effective implementation of the IMS Act, 17th August, 2010
IMS Act- Complete Powerpoint Presentation, September 2020
The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles & Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply & Distribution) Act 1992 and Amendment Act 2003 (IMS Act)
INDIAN BABY FOOD LAW OFFENDERS
Report of the monitoring the company compliance with the The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 and the Amendment Act 2003.
2022-2023
Under Attack Report (2021-2022)
Under Attack Report May 2021
The Law to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding
What Constitutes a Violation of the IMS Act?
Indian Law to Protect Breastfeeding- English
