You may have heard there’s an argument raging about Nestle’s baby milk. But what’s the story? CGTN’s Julia Lyubova reports from Switzerland.
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00:00 Nestle is a global leader in consumer food products and is headquartered in Weather in
00:05 Switzerland and it has been accused of double standards when it comes to adding sugar to
00:10 its baby formula products. A new report by Public Eye, a Swiss investigative organization,
00:16 found that Nestle adds sugar to its baby formula products which it sells in Asia, Africa and
00:23 Latin America and at the same time it found that it doesn't add sugar to the same products
00:29 in the European market which is heavily regulated. Well, a spokesperson for Nestle said that
00:36 the company "always complied with local regulations and international standards".
00:42 The World Health Organization says that there is a big problem around the world with obesity.
00:47 More than one billion people around the world are living with obesity and this needs to
00:52 be addressed and of course situations like this, they go against efforts by the World
00:57 health organization to tackle this issue.