Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Editorial
. 2025 Jul;21(3):e70002.
doi: 10.1111/mcn.70002. Epub 2025 Feb 13.

Prioritising Profits Over Public Health? Why UK Commercial Milk Formula Marketing Regulations Need to be Strengthened and Enforced, Not Weakened

Victoria Sibson  1 , Marko Kerac  2 , Robert Boyle  3 , Amandine Garde  4 , Andrea Gideon  4 , Shereen Fisher  5 , Catherine Pereira-Kotze  1
Affiliations
Editorial

Prioritising Profits Over Public Health? Why UK Commercial Milk Formula Marketing Regulations Need to be Strengthened and Enforced, Not Weakened

Victoria Sibson et al. Matern Child Nutr. 2025 Jul.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

Victoria Sibson and Catherine Pereira‐Kotze declare paid employment by First Steps Nutrition Trust, and Marko Kerac declares being a Trustee of First Steps Nutrition Trust. Robert Boyle declares payment from Wiley and the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology for editorial work, from World Health Organization for consultancy, and for expert witness work in food anaphylaxis and infant formula health claim cases. Other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

References

    1. All‐Party Parliamentary Group on Infant Feeding and Inequalities (APPG‐IFI) . 2018. “Inquiry Into the Cost of Infant Formula in the United Kingdom.” Report Prepared by First Steps Nutrition Trust. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59f75004f09ca48694070f3b/t/5c502e....
    1. Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG)‐UK . 2024. “CMA Interim Report: Response From BFLG‐UK.” December 2024. https://www.bflg-uk.org/our-work#consultation-responses.
    1. Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG)‐UK . 2025. “UK Law Enforcement.” https://www.bflg-uk.org/uk-laws#uk-law-enforcement.
    1. Changing Markets Foundation . 2017. “Milking It ‐How Milk Formula Companies Are Putting Profits Before Science.” https://changingmarkets.org/report/milking-it-how-milk-formula-companies....
    1. Childs, R. M. , Boyle R. J., and Sibson V. L.. 2024. “Plant‐Based and Dairy‐Free Drinks: An Emerging Health Hazard for Young Children.” Clinical & Experimental Allergy 54: 852–854. 10.1111/cea.14589. - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources