MAIF Complaints
Submissions made by members of Breastfeeding Advocacy Australia
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Clause of the MAIF Agreement relevant to your complaint (leave blank if unknown, BAA Admin will complete for you)
Briefly describe your complaint (you can add relevant links here)
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Manufacturer’s or Importer’s company name
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Type of product
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Infant formula (0-12 months)
Follow on formula (6-12 months)
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Type of marketing activity (select most relevant)
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Advertisement
Seminar/conference
Display
Infant formula samples
Sample packs/information packs
Brochure/booklet
Inducements (eg. Free offers/give aways)
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Please attach any relevant documentation (i.e correspondence, emails, advertisement etc). NOTE: For complaints relating to social media, please include the date of the post and the date you saw the post. Please include timestamps for images where possible.
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Title and description of publication or item (eg. Social media sponsored advertising)
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Location or place where marketing activity was sighted (select most relevant)
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Health centre/medical facility
Pharmacist chemist
Media
Health professional journal
Retailer (eg. Department store/supermarket)
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Details of location/place where the material/s were acquired. Provide site/location or name of the journal/circular form of media and address it applicable. (Eg. Facebook, Instagram, social media)
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List any attempts which have been made to resolve this issue with the subject company or organisation. Please include contact names/details and dates if applicable.
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No, I didn't because I believe the onus for keeping unethical marketing practices should NOT be the responsibility of consumers. The Australian Government should be monitoring the industry more efficiently and holding them to account for breaching marketing regulations.
Not applicable
I contacted the company & I have included the details in my response above
I hereby grant Breastfeeding Advocacy Australia permission to submit a MAIF complaint on my behalf to the Australian Department of Health and Aged Care and include me in related email communication
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AUSTRALIAN PRIVACY PRINCIPLE 5 NOTIFICATION
The Australian Department of Health and Aged Care is collecting this personal information about you in order to process your complaint about a possible breach of the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formulas: Manufacturers and Importers (MAIF) Agreement and notify you of the complaint outcome. The Department of Health and Aged Care can be contacted by telephone on (02) 6289 1555 or freecall1800 020 103 or by using the online enquiries form at www.health.gov.au. If you do not provide the required information, the Department may not be able to process the complaint. The Department will disclose the complaint in its entirety to the MAIF Complaints Committee. The Department has an APP privacy policy which you can read at http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/privacy-policy. You can obtain a copy of the APP privacy policy by contacting the Department using the contact details set out above. The APP privacy policy contains information about:• how you may access the personal information the Department holds about you and how you can seek correction of it; and• how you may complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy PrinciplesThe Department is unlikely to disclose your personal information to overseas recipients.
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