It has come to my knowledge that since April 2004, Lansinoh
Laboratories, Inc., is a 100% owned subsidiary of Japanese
company, Pigeon Corporation.
Pigeon is known violator of the International Code of
Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.
See this Pigeon Summary of Consolidated Financial Results
for Six Months Ended July 31, 2004
www.pigeon.co.jp/english/data/2004_07_e.pdf
On page 4 of the above document, it states:
(2) Expanding our overseas business
In April 2004, we formed an agreement with Lansinoh
Laboratories, Inc., a prominent
U.S. manufacturer of breast-feeding-related products. Under
the agreement, Lansinoh
became a wholly owned subsidiary of Pigeon. Our intention
here is to secure new sales
channels in the North American market, where the birthrate
continues to rise, and
expand sales through the launch of attractive new
breast-feeding-related products.
Also see page 10 of the Pigeon Annual Report 2005:
http://
www.pigeon.co.jp/ir/ir/data/ar2005.pdf
Pigeon is a known violator of the Code.
Statement of the Code by Company 2004 lists Pigeon, as a
manufacturer of Feeding Bottles and Teats, in
"Substantial Violation" in the Code Requirements
of
"No promotion to the public"
"No promotion in health care facilities"
"Adequate labels"
See:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/a
rticles/arch_art/298-9.pdf
Also see:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/a
rticles/arch_art/302-4.pdf
Other references to Pigeon as Code Violator:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.
php?art_id=302&iui=1
page 87 lists Pigeon as a violator
Breaking the Code 2001 has a section on Pigeon http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/codewatch/btr01/MAIN-en.H
TM
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.
php?art_id=298&iui=1
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/codewatch/btr01/INDEX-en
.HTM
It seems that Lansinoh has some type of promotional
relationship with LLLI:
http://w
ww.lalecheleague.org/initiative.html
In the interests of full disclosure of information, I share
the information that was shared with me,
Janice Reynolds
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