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dc.contributor.author | Bianchi, Aloysius | - |
dc.contributor.author | Camilleri, Gilmour | - |
dc.contributor.author | Farrugia, Alexia | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-10-11T05:07:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-10-11T05:07:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Bianchi, A., Camilleri, G., & Farrugia. A. (2021). Preliminary report on the sector inquiry on the supply of infant milk formula in the public health sector and the impact of that supply on the private retail market for : a) from birth infant formula, b) follow-on formula and c) toddler milk or other formula for the period 2013 -2019. (CASE COMP/MCCAA/7/2020). Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/102512 | - |
dc.description.abstract | On 4 June 2019, the Office for Competition received a letter from one of the local suppliers of infant formula and similar products alleging that the public contract for the supply of infant formula to Mater Dei Hospital is distorting competition in the private retail market for the focal product. Breastfeeding is recognised by the World Health Organisation as the best feeding practice to nourish an infant. However, this inquiry focuses on the competition aspects of the market in cases where the parents use and purchase infant formula in the first years of their infant’s life. If, for any reason, an infant is not breastfed, then an infant formula is the only appropriate alternative milk source from the age of zero to one year. Following preliminary investigations, the Office for Competition initiated a sector inquiry on the supply of infant milk formula in the public health sector covering the 2013 – 2019 period, in terms of Article 11A (1) of the Competition Act (Cap. 379 of the Laws of Malta). The sector inquiry assessed whether the procurement process adopted by the Central Procurement and Supplies Unit is distorting competition in the secondary markets. This preliminary report presents the findings of the Office for Competition and concludes that the procurement process adopted by the Central Procurement and Supplies Unit at Mater Dei Hospital is distorting competition in the secondary market. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Infant formulas | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mater Dei Hospital (Msida, Malta) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Tender offers (Securities) | en_GB |
dc.subject | Bottle feeding | en_GB |
dc.title | Preliminary report on the sector inquiry on the supply of infant milk formula in the public health sector and the impact of that supply on the private retail market for : a) from birth infant formula, b) follow-on formula and c) toddler milk or other formula for the period 2013 -2019 | en_GB |
dc.type | report | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
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