Case Study Of The Nestle Infant Formula

Nestle Infant Formula Henri Nestle was an immigrant from Germany that settled in the small town of Vevey, Switzerland. In Vevey, Mr Nestle began working as a pharmacist assistant, and when he started his business he used milk that came from local areas of Vevey. "In 1867, Henri Nestle began selling his newly developed cow 's-milk food for infants who could not breast-fed (Nestlé S.A)." Therefore, Mr Nestles started his business with a simple goal, "… to bring his baby food within everyone 's reach, and he spared no effort in trying to convince doctors and mothers of its benefits (Nestlé S.A)." This describes that Mr Nestle wanted to make accessible to every mother to give the food that their babies need to survive. Since the very beginning, Mr Nestle thought of his logo featuring small birds being fed in a nest on the an oak branch, was the …show more content…
In this situation, Nestle was not part of the solution of the nutrition gap in less developed countries because they were discouraging breast feeding; mothers did not have enough money to afforded the formula and did not have the a proper understanding of how to prepare the infant formula milk. Before the scandals of the infant formula Nestle never had an unethical activity within their organization; But I believe that Nestle be considered to be responsible for the killing of babies in the third-world because they were responsible for sending sales people dressed with hospital uniforms to confused mothers of newborns that the free samples formula was the best for feeding their infants. This practices led to malnutrition and death of babies because of the diarrhea caused by dependent free sample formula that led mother to diluting it with contaminated