Lansinoh is 100% owned by Pigeon

I am interested to see the comments on his one..... I am
surprised that LLL
would have an endorsement on a product that violated the WHO
code. Lansinoh
"used" to be owed by a small company in the US -
as I recall. If this is all
true, we will have to stop recommending Lansinoh!
Cindy 

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Reynolds
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 1:11 AM
To: LACTNETPEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: [LACTNET] Lansinoh is 100% owned by Pigeon

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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