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Friday, November 16, 2012

The World Health Organization is Taking Cash Handouts from Junk Food Giants



The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nation’s “public health” arm and has 194 member states. While its official mission is “the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health“, it is also clear that it works according to a specific agenda, one that laid out by the world elite and the organizations that are part of it. In the article entitled ‘Contagion’ or How Disaster Movies “Educate” the Masses, we’ve seen how the WHO was involved in the promotion of mass vaccination campaigns following (bogus) disease scares, of civilian camps, of the bar-coding of individuals and so forth.

More proof of the WHO’s “elite bias” has been recently uncovered by a study: The organization has been taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from the world’s biggest pushers of unhealthy foods such as Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Unilever. It is relying on these companies for advice on how to fight obesity..é which is the equivalent of asking a drug dealer for advice on how stay off drugs and NOT buy his product.

Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Unilever are not simply “food companies, they are gigantic conglomerates that produce and distribute an enormous proportion of processed foods across the world. In the article entitled Irrational Consumerism (or The Few Companies Who Feed the World), I described how only a few mega-conglomerates own most of the world’s brands of processed foods. To refresh your memory here are some of the brands owned by Nestlé:

Cereals

Cinnamon Toast Crunch

 Cheerios (outside US, Canada and Australia)

 Cini Minis

 Honey Nut Cheerios (outside US, Canada and Australia)

 Oat Cheerios

 Cookie Crisp

 Golden Grahams

 Honey Stars

 Koko Krunch

 Milo Cereals

 Nestlé Corn Flakes

 Nesquik

 Shreddies

 Shredded Wheat

 Clusters

 Trix

Yogurt

Munch Bunch

 Ski

Coffee

Bonka

 Nescafé

 Nespresso

 Partner’s Blend

 Ricoffy

 Ristretto

 Ricoré

 Sical

 Tofa

 Taster’s Choice

 Zoégas

 Shrameet

Water

Aberfoyle

 Aqua D’Or

 Aqua Pod

 Acqua Panna

 Al Manhal

 Aquapod

 Arrowhead

 Buxton

 Contrex

 Deer Park

 Hépar

 Ice Mountain

 Henniez

 Korpi

 Levissima

 Nestlé Aquarel

 Nestlé Vera

 Ozarka

 Perrier

 Poland Spring

 Powwow

 Minere

 Pure Life/Pureza Vital

 Quézac

 San Pellegrino

 San Bernardo

 Viladrau

 Vittel

 Zephyrhills

Other drinks

Nestea (Joint venture with Coca-Cola, Beverage Partners Worldwide)

 Enviga (Joint venture with Coca-Cola, Beverage Partners Worldwide)

 Milo

 Carnation

 Caro

 Nesquik

 Libby’s

 Growers Direct Organic Fruit Juices

 Good Host

 Juicy Juice

 Ski up and go

Shelf-stable products

Bear Brand

 Carnation

 Christie

 Coffee-Mate

 Dancow

 Gloria

 Klim

 La Lechera

 Milkmaid

 Nespray

 Nestlé

 Nesvita

 Nestlé Omega Plus

 Nido

 Ninho

 Svelty

 Emswiss

 Milo

Ice cream

Camy

 Dreyer’s

 Edy’s

 Frisco

 Häagen-Dazs (North America and the United Kingdom)

 Hjem-IS (Denmark & Norway)

 Maxibon

 Motta

 Mivvi

 Nestlé

 Nestlé Drumstick

 Oreo (Canada)

 Peters (Australia)

 Push-Up

 Schöller

 Skinny Cow

Infant foods

Alete

 Alfare

 Beba

 Cérélac

 FM 85

 Gerber (the world’s largest baby food company)

 Good Start

 Guigoz

 Lactogen

 Nan

 NAN HA

 NanSoy

 Neslac

 Nestlé

 Nestogen

 Nido

 PreNan

Performance nutrition

Musashi

 Neston

 Nesvita

 PowerBar

 Pria

 Supligen

Healthcare/nutrition

Boost

 Carnation Instant Breakfast

 Nutren

 Peptamen

 Glytrol

 Crucial

 Impact

 Isosource

 Fibersource

 Diabetisource

 Compleat

 Optifast

 Resource

 

Seasonings

Buitoni

 Maggi

 Carpathia

 CHEF

 Thomy

 Winiary

Frozen foods

Stouffer’s

 Lean Cuisine

 Buitoni

 Hot Pockets

 Lean Pockets

 Papa Guiseppi

 Tombstone Pizza

 Jack’s Pizza

 DiGiorno Pizza

 California Pizza Kitchen Frozen

Chocolate, confectioneries and baked goods

100 Grand Bar

 Aero

 After Eight

 Allens

 Animal Bar

 Baby Ruth

 Bertie Beetle (Australia)

 Big Turk (Canada)

 Black Magic

 Boci (Hungary)

 Blue Riband

 Bono(Brazil)

 Breakaway

 Butterfinger

 Butterfinger BB’s

 Butterfinger Crisp

 Bon Pari (Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary)

 Cailler

 Caramac

 Carlos V

 Chips Ahoy! (Canada)

 Coffee Crisp

 Chunky

 Drifter

 Frigor

 Galak/Milkybar

 Goobers

 Heaven

 Hercules Bars (with Disney)

 Icebreakers

 Kit Kat (Hershey’s in the US)

 Lion

 Matchmakers

 Milky Bar

 Mirage

 Joff

 Munchies

 Nestlé Alpine White

 Nestlé with Almonds

 Nestlé Crunch

 Nestlé Crunch Crisp

 Nestlé Crunch with Caramel

 Nestlé Crunch with Peanuts

 Nestlé Crunch Pieces

 Nestlé Crunch White

 Nestlé Milk Chocolate

 Nestlé Princessa

 Nestlé Wonder Ball

 Nips

 Nuts (Europe)

 Oh Henry (except US)

 Peppermint Crisp

 Perugina Baci

 Polo

 Quality Street

 Raisinets

 Rolo (Hershey’s in the US)

 Rowntrees

Fruit Pastilles

 Jelly Tots

 Pick & Mix

 Randoms

 Fruit Gums

 Tooty Frooties

 Juicy Jellies

 Snowcaps

Smarties

 Texan Bar

 Toffee Crisp

 Toll House cookies

 Turtles

 Walnut Whip

 Violet Crumble

 Yorkie

 XXX mints

Petcare

Alpo

 Beneful

 Cat Chow

 Dog Chow

 Fancy Feast

 Felix

 Friskies

 Go Cat

 Butchers

 Bakers

 Winalot

 Gourmet

 Mighty Dog

 Mon Petit

 ONE

 Pro Plan

 Purina

 Tidy Cats

Along with Nestlé, Unilever is one of the world’s largest conglomerates in the world, with a yearly revenue of 60 Billion dollars. Yes, Billion. One billion is a thousand times one million. While Unilever owns a great number of brands selling personal care products, it is also the world’s largest maker of ice cream, with brands such as Popsicle, Klondike, Ocean Spray ice cream, Slim Fast ice cream, Breyers, Starbucks and Ben & Jerry’s. Here’s a list of other foods and beverages produced by Unilver.

Ades or Adez — soya-based drinks

 Alsa — desserts and syrups

 Amora — French mayonnaise and dressings

 Amino — dehydrated soup (Poland)

 Annapurna — salt and wheat flour (India)

 Becel — also known as Flora/Promise; health-aware: margarine, spreads, cooking oil, milk, fermented milk

 Ben & Jerry’s — ice cream

 Best Foods — mayonnaise, sandwich spreads, peanut butter and salad dressings

 BiFi — sausage-based snacks (The Netherlands — Germany)

 Blue Band — family-aware: margarine, bread, cream alternatives

 Bovril — beef extract

 Breyers — ice cream

 Brooke Bond — tea

 Bru — instant coffee (India)

 Brummel & Brown — margarine

 Bushells — tea (Australia, New Zealand)

 Calvé — sauces, ketchup, mustard, mayonnaise, peanut butter

 Chicken Tonight — Wet sauces range (excl UK & IE)

 Choysa — tea, marketed mainly in Australia and New Zealand

 Conimex — Asian spices (Netherlands)

 Colman’s — mustard,condiments, packet sauces & OK Fruity Sauce

 Continental — side dishes

 Country Crock — margarine

 Darko (Дарко) — ice cream (Bulgaria)

 Delma — margarine (Poland)

 Du Darfst (Germany)

 Elmlea — Pourable artificial cream available in different varieties (UK)

 Fanacoa — Mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup (Argentina and for export to Latin America)

 Flora — margarine, light butter, jams

 Fruco — ketchup, mayonnaise and condiments

 Fudgsicle

 Heartbrand — ice cream (umbrella logo)

 Hellmann’s — mayonnaise

 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter — margarine spread

 Imperial Margarine — margarine

 Jif Lemon & Lime Juice

 Kasia — margarine (Poland)

 Kecap Bango — soya sauce in Indonesia

 Kissan — Ketchups Squashes and Jams (India and Pakistan)

 Klondike — Ice cream sandwiches

 Knorr (Knorr-Suiza in Argentina) — sauces, stock cubes, ready-meals, meal kits, ready-soups, frozen food range

 Lady’s Choice — mayonnaise, peanut butter and sandwich spreads (Philippines, Malaysia)

 Lan-Choo — tea (Australia/New Zealand)

 

Lao Cai Seasoning

 Lipton — tea

 Lyons — tea

 Lipton Ice Tea — ready-to-drink tea (partnership with PepsiCo)

 Lizano Sauce (Salsa Lizano) — Costa Rican condiment

 Lyons’ — tea (Ireland)

 Maille — French mustard

 Maizena — corn starch

 Marmite — yeast extract spread (except in Australia and New Zealand, called Our Mate)

 McCollins — tea (Peru)

 Mrs. Filbert’s — margarine (USA)

 Paddle pop — Ice cream (Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia [incorporated with Wall's])

 Pfanni — Bavarian potato mixes

 Peperami — Sausage snacks

 PG Tips — tea (UK)

 Phase — cooking oil

 Planta — margarine

 Popsicle — Frozen treats

 Pot Noodle — cup noodles

 Promise — Becel/Flora

 Ragú — pasta sauces (Exl. UK & IE)

 Rama — margarine

 Royal — pastas (Philippines)

 Royco — stock cubes, non-MSG stock (only in Indonesia)

 Red Rose Tea — tea (Canada)

 Sana — Margarine (Turkey)

 Saga — tea (Poland)

 Sariwangi — tea (Indonesia)

 Scottish Blend — tea

 Skippy — peanut butter

 Slim•Fast — diet products

 Slotts — mustard (Sweden)

 Sunce (Sun) — Mayonnaise (Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro) brand now discontinued, Sunce factory now produces Uniliver brand Knor Mayonnaise

 Stork margarine

 Streets (ice cream) (Australia/New Zealand)

 Tortex — ketchup (Poland)

 Turun sinappi — mustard (Finland/Sweden)

 Unilever Food Solutions — professional markets (food service)

 Unox — soups, smoked sausages

 Vaqueiro — cooking margarine, cooking oil

 Wall’s ice cream

 Wheel (detergent)

 Wish-Bone salad dressing

The brands owned by Coca-Cola are too numerous to list but you might already know that the company has a stronghold on sugary drinks across the world, whether we look at soft-drinks, juices or energy drinks.

The owners of these companies are not only businessmen but participants in elite forums such as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bilderberg group. They have a say in the forming of social and economic policies across the world.

With funding coming directly from these conglomerates, we have another proof that the WHO is not truly attempting to make the world a healthier place. It is rather shaping the world’s health according to the interests and the Agenda of the world elite. Do you really need an international organization to help you stay healthy? Simply staying of the toxic foods sold by those who fund the WHO is an incredibly good start.

Here’s an article on the WHO receiving money from major junk-food distributors.

World Health Organisation ‘taking cash handouts from Coca-Cola to plug black holes in budget’

 The Pan American office has accepted $50,000 from Coca-Cola, $150,000 from Nestle and $150,000 from Unilever

 It has also been relying on the food and beverage industry for advice on how to fight obesity

The World Health Organisation has taken thousands of pounds from food companies such as Coca-Cola and Nestle.

A regional WHO office has also taken donations from Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Unilever, according to a study.

The Pan American office – known as PAHO – has received £35,000 in donations from Coca-Cola, £100,000 from  Nestle and a similar amount from Unilever.

The WHO is the public health arm of the UN and fights chronic ailments such as diabetes and heart disease, caused primarily by unhealthy diets.

The Pan American Health Organisation has also been relying on the food and beverage industry for advice on how to fight obesity.

Accepting industry funding goes against WHO’s worldwide policies.

The Pan American office – known as PAHO, based in Washington – has so far accepted $50,000 from Coca-Cola, the world’s largest beverage company, $150,000 from Nestle, the world’s largest food company, and $150,000 from Unilever, whose brands include Ben & Jerry’s ice cream and Popsicles.

The cash donations were described by Irene Klinger, a senior adviser for partnerships in PAHO, as ‘a new way of doing business.’ However, she insisted WHO is careful to maintain control of its policy decisions.

WHO is increasingly relying on ‘partnerships’ with the industry, instead of maintaining neutrality like it always has done, to fill holes in its budget. However, it still refuses to partner with the tobacco industry.

Since 2010 WHO has cut its own funding for chronic disease programs by 20 per cent. These diseases cause 63 per cent of premature deaths worldwide, but the WHO department in charge of fighting them receives just six percent of the UN’s budget.

Boyd Swinburn, an Australian professor and longtime member of WHO’s nutrition advisory committees, said: ‘WHO is getting hijacked. They’re cash-strapped, and they’re bringing the private sector in. That’s very dangerous.’

However, Jorge Casimiro, Coca-Cola’s director of international government relations and public affairs, said: ‘It’s about the convergence of the interests. What we’re trying to say is we’re ready to take action. We’re companies who want to do this. We’re ready to go.’

Meanwhile, Coca-Cola has also placed a top official on the steering board for WHO’s Pan American Forum for Action on Non-Communicable Diseases, a group that helps determine how WHO fights obesity in Mexico.

WHO’s Geneva headquarters and five other regional offices have been stopped from accepting money from the food and soda industries, among others.

Spokesman Gregory Härtl said: ‘If such conflicts of interest were perceived to exist, or actually existed, this would jeopardize WHO’s ability to set globally recognized and respected standards and guidelines.’

It has also emerged that at least two of specially appointed nutrition advisers working on behalf of WHO had direct financial ties to the food industry.

Murray Skeaff, a New Zealand professor, received research money from Unilever, the conglomerate with $60 billion sales last year.

Esté Vorster, a South African professor, advised a sugar association and took travel and ‘after hours’ money to judge a contest for Nestle. Vorster said she does not participate in discussing the sugar guideline.

 - Source: Daily Mail

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