UK professional body the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ( RCPCH ) has announced it will no longer accept sponsorship from infant formula manufacturers , pending a review . In a statement released on January the 31st, the College said the suspension covered receipt of funding from Danone and Nestle - two companies that the College had in place to consider partnerships. It followed criticism of Danone and Nestle 's sponsorship of a RCPCH conference on breastfeeding in the Middle East and North Africa . In a letter sent to the RCPCH , the signatories called the conference 's choice of location a " market most vulnerable to predatory pricing " and said it was at the centre of many reported World Health Organisation Code violations .
UK professional body the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health ( RCPCH ) has announced it will no longer accept sponsorship from infant formula manufacturers , pending a review . It followed criticism of Danone and Nestle 's sponsorship of a RCPCH conference on breastfeeding in the Middle East and North Africa . In a letter sent to the RCPCH , the signatories called the conference 's choice of location a " market most vulnerable to predatory pricing " and said it was at the centre of many reported World Health Organisation Code violations .