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Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula (APMAIF)

Annual Report of the Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula

The Panel monitors compliance with the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula: Manufacturers and Importers Agreement 1992 (MAIF Agreement). The aim of the MAIF Agreement is to help ensure safe and adequate nutrition for infants, by the protection and promotion of breastfeeding.

Published by Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

The Secretariat for the Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula (APMAIF) produces the APMAIF Annual Report each year. The Annual Report is tabled in both houses of Parliament before it is made available to the public and interested groups.

The Annual Report contains information on the activities of the APMAIF and reports on complaints made under the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formulas: Manufacturers and Importers Agreement 1992 (MAIF Agreement). It also contains the:

• MAIF Agreement;
• Interpretations of the APMAIF on the MAIF Agreement;
• Guidelines for lodging complaints of alleged breaches of the MAIF Agreement;
• Guidelines for in-store promotions of infant formula by manufacturers in Australia through retailers; and
• APMAIF's financial report.

Annual Report of the Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula: July 2002 - June 2003 (PDF 1487 KB)

Above publication smaller sections:

• Cover, Table of contents , Foreword, Acronyms and terms, and Background (PDF 342 KB)
• Part 1: Key documents (PDF 124 KB)
• Part 2: Key players (PDF 84 KB)
• Part 3: The APMAIF (PDF 258 KB)
• Part 4: Activities and issues (PDF 166 KB)
• Part 5: Complaints (PDF 67 KB)
• Part 6: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing initiatives in breastfeeding promotion (PDF 130 KB)
• Appendices (PDF 476 KB)

Annual Report of the Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula: July 2001 - June 2002 (PDF 267 KB)
Annual Report of the Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula: July 2000 - June 2001 (PDF 192 KB)

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