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Petition update, 03 December 2007

More details from petition creator

According to a government survey, 34% of mothers in the UK incorrectly believe that formula is the same or almost the same as breastfeeding.

Regulations already exist (The Infant Formula and Follow-on Formula Regulations 1995) outlawing marketing and labelling which implies formula is the same or almost the same as breastfeeding. They are currently being broken by most formula manufacturers in the UK.

Mothers have a right to know the truth about the differences between formula feeding and breastfeeding, in order to make an informed decision about feeding their baby. Aggressive marketing by the formula manufacturers undermines this.

The existing law should be properly enforced, including bringing prosecutions against any company currently breaking it.

Current signatories

Rachel Coleman Finch, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• Keith Garrett
• Rob Ager
• Susan Thomas
• Julie Ellis
• Tony Finch
• Flash Bristow
• Karen Hanna Kruzycka
• Lucy McWilliam
• Helen Cousins
• Robin Stevens
• Nuala Fahey
• Patrick Coleman
• Vicky Larmour
• Janet McKnight
• Samantha Helyer
• Kathryn Rix
• Aldabra Stoddart
• Rosanna Thurgood
• Dave Holland
• Myfanwy Nixon
• Mike Brady
• Matthew Vernon
• Isobel Strak
• Sophie McInnes
• Carrie Oliver
• Charlotte Gray
• S. Page
• Colin Watson
• J Rice
• Verity Allan
• Alex White
• Emily Barnes
• Laura Wiseman Harris
• Jacqui Nunn
• Ailbhe Leamy
• Mike Bristow
• Elizabeth Compton
• Hazel Greig
• W Ross Younger
• Kate Watson
• Sarah Dosanjh
• Rachel Gibson
• Graham Gray
• Zoe McCormick
• Paula Bateman
• Cassandra Halfpenny-Steel
• Nicola Crossland
• John Talbot
• sarah l hosking
• Jo Lee
• Tash Burrett
• Sophie Kempe
• James Kempe
• Malcolm Gray
• Jacqueline Bungay
• Peggy Cain
• Maurice Cain
• Elaine Simons
• Lucy Jane Paterson
• dan drum
• Andrew Charles Aitchison
• Eleanor Blair
• Ayesha Garrett
• Posey Furnish
• Fred Coleman
• Beth Sweet
• Yvonne Barrett
• Julie Thomas
• Daryl Williamson
• Lisa Thornton
• Morgan Gallagher
• David L Brown
• julie Taylor
• Magda Sachs
• M. Benneyworth
• Joy Hastings
• Sue Saxey
• Naomi Martin
• Luci Lishman
• susan douglas
• Helen Butler
• Joan Moorby
• barbara higham
• Elizabeth Reid
• Norma Ritter, IBCLC, RLC
• Anita Cartlidge
• mary whitmore
• Karen R Butler
• Andreja Mclean
• Mary Yarwood
• Rebecca Wright
• Christine Mundy
• Sue Saunders
• Jackie Holland
• Mandy Street
• Emma Louise Marlborough
• Doris O'Connor
• Jane Neesam
• Pamela Morrison
• sandie cottee
• Bev James
• Louise Dash
• Shirley Riordan
• Naomi Ridge
• Jeralyn Shaughn Leach
• Laura Spence
• Emma Gardner
• Mandy Barlow
• Sarah Edwards
• Kate Malik
• Sara Walters
• Liz Cole
• Abigail Salehi
• Alireza Salehi
• Hilary Myers
• Rebecca Quinn
• Diana Boskma
• Victoria Croft
• Nina Robertson
• STEPHEN CROFT
• Niki Stokes
• Peter Raphael
• Alexandra Lane
• tracey lilley
• Elena Rowland
• Melanie Woodward
• Chana Landa
• Katharine Newman
• A Holder
• Catherine Hookway
• Amanda Jackson
• Ian Hastings
• Pamela Lacey
• Sara Cookson
• Anna Burbidge
• Liz Lawrence
• Alison Blenkinsop
• sarah squires
• Beverley Curry
• joelle Temurcin
• Sandra Jane Tanner
• Sue Cardus
• Catrin Hammond
• Nick Squires
• helen nash
• Isabel Evans
• Barbara Sheppard
• Shirley Pearce
• Sarah Wilson
• Emma Richards
• Gwyneth Little
• Karen Clarke
• Katie Murrill
• Morag Peers
• Sarah Tobin
• Rebecca Chadderton
• Jill Ball
• Marion Jones
• Ursula Gallie
• Andy Gallie
• lisa beames
• Mrs Kath Scobie
• Alison Durbin
• Lisa Burman
• Simon Langley
• Lucy Simnett
• Sarah Kelly
• Kate Joester
• Heather Carolan
• Wendy Jones
• nicki jones
• amanda dunbar
• Maria Laverty
• Margaret Akmakjian-Pitz
• Kerryann Stewart
• Khushroo Bhandari
• Mark Burton
• Mrs Elizabeth Ricketts
• Veronica Willcocks
• Catherine Henaghan
• Tracy Toulmin
• Lynda Watson
• kirsty barker
• Joanna Daniels
• Louise Ellis
• Sarah Vassiliades
• RACHEL HAUSER
• Lynne Carr
• sally wasser
• Elena King
• Helen Day
• Helen Mulholland
• MARY BROADFOOT
• Jen Rigby
• Sally Gayton
• Andrea Millington
• Katherine Baldwin
• Rachel L Parks
• Kris Williams
• ROSIE DICKSON
• CATH THOMPSON
• Chez Hussey
• Teresa Neary-Taggart
• r.m. barker
• hazel todhunter
• Sarah Currie
• Jewant Singh
• Mrs Uppal
• carol barker
• Julie Richards
• deborah Robertson
• Emma Raine
• Susan Green
• Jenny Hicks
• Sabine Gollner
• Aoife O'Toole
• Jane White
• Janet Blann
• Ian Jackson
• Caron Howden
• Rachel Thomas
• Leanne Mohan
• Ellie Cross
• Rupert Gardner
• Jane Putsey
• Sheila Company
• Helena O'Shea
• J Barker
• Lynne Miller
• Stephen Miller
• Lynn Timms
• Nicola Worsnop
• Wendy Deshpande
• Nicola Barnes
• Tim Hubbard
• mrs l tarttelin
• Melanie Horsey
• Hau-Yin Tsang
• MICHELLE BEATTIE
• Gabrielle Kent
• Emma Taynton-Young
• Sasha Rampton
• Jane Skinner
• Caro Veall
• Liz Head-Rapson
• Jill Dye
• Nathaniel Dye
• Sharon Chapman
• Sue Wells
• Rosemary Jackson
• Sue Field
• Emil Ratnam
• Munira Ismail
• Hannah Sheikh
• Jon Dye
• dalry road
• Heather wright
• denise toller
• helen palmer
• claire vaughan
• Cath Reeve-Jones
• Catherine Goodey
• Diana Tingley
• Graham Jackson
• Mehjabin Patel
• rebecca dye
• Jill Murphy
• Carolyn Westcott
• Caroline Hilton
• Roxane Romero
• Mikyeong Son
• Lisa Walsh
• Marijn Veuger
• Karen Rusher
• A Pitts
• conchitaconsolacion
• Tunde Williams
• b higham
• Fiona Jones
• Bev James
• Suzanne Tobin
• Catherine Bradshaw
• Morag Davidson
• Elaine McBean-Scully
• lindaclark
• sharon stoneman
• Kajsa Cowne
• Tracy Morter
• Emma Gardner
• Kevin Davidson
• Veronika Sophia Robinson
• PaulRobinson
• Anne Cowne
• Joanne Thompson
• Sarah Selwood
• Famida Begum
• carol hubbard
• Sarah Fleet
• Sarah Higgins
• claire a pearcy
• Katy Salmon
• Cath Bradshaw
• Holly Platt Wells
• Kate Clement
• Fiona Roberts
• Lisa Blackler
• catherine johnstone
• ruth auchterlounie
• Alison Thorpe
• Sarah Harrington
• Brenda Jones
• Liza Jackson
• Laura Nixon
• Michelle Whittle
• Laura Miller
• claire Varey
• Annie Fletcher
• As long as mothers who CAN'T breast-feed not made to feel guilty
• Jo Hewlett
• Lucy Muncaster
• mark woodbine
• Michala Heald
• Alison Jarvis
• Philip James Measures
• M. Joint