Experts call for clampdowns on exploitative formula milk marketing in new Lancet series
Research also highlights urgent need for stronger maternity protections for all women https://www.who.int/news/item/08-02-2023-experts-call-for-clampdowns-on-exploitative-formula-milk-marketing-in-new-lancet-series
FY23 Federal Budget Signed Into Law: What It Means for Infant Feeding
The Fiscal Year 2023 federal budget was finalized last month and included funding for a variety of programs that include lactation support. Read what this means for the first food field with our recently released blog “ FY23 Federal Budget Signed Into Law: What It...
Help Amplify the Call to Action
This week the USBC sent a package of materials to the offices of every Senator and Representative to educate them about the state of breastfeeding nationally and in their district, the role policymakers play in protecting infant nutrition security, and highlighting...
Department of Labor launches effort to alert teachers, farmworkers, care workers, others of new workplace protections for nursing mothers
U.S. Department of Labor | February 2, 2023 Department of Labor launches effort to alert teachers, farmworkers, care workers, others of new workplace protections for nursing mothers Campaign delivers new guidance, resources as ‘PUMP Act” enforcement begins...
Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Budget Analysis
The USBC published a blog titled "FY23 Federal Budget Signed Into Law: What It Means for Infant Feeding," and updated the "Federal Appropriations for Breastfeeding" webpage. The Senate and House passed and the President signed the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus spending...
PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act Signed Into Law
The Providing Urgent Maternal Protections (PUMP) for Nursing Mothers Act (S. 1658/H.R. 3110) was signed into law by the President on December 29, 2022, extending federal protections for time and space to pump during the workday to millions more workers....