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Legal Battle Slows Nutritional Peanut Butter From Reaching Children in Need | Health | English
This story is really frustrating. Plumpy nut is a nutritional product used in the treatment of SAM ( Severely Acute Malnutriton ). In India, with UNICEF's aid, GOI has been using it in selected states on pilot basis with good results. Such fights with an eye on the profit involved in the entire trade is shameful. This product must be marked as a lifesaving product that cannot be patented. The children in need cant wait. Also the price of plumpynut is too high. Why cant any Indian neutraceutical company manufacture it locally?
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The issue with Plumpy Nut(manufactured by Nutriset)fiasco in India was not only due to patent infringement accusations.
Plumpy Nut was banned by the Government of India since the Govt was not convinced that it worked, and wanted Unicef (which was working with severely malnourished kids) to find Indian alternatives. Also, there were concerns of dependency on 'foreign food'.
Compact for life, a Norwegian manufacturer (www.compactforlife)with a branch office in Delhi also produces food to treat malnutrition and intend to market in countries where Nutriset has not patented Plumpy Nut. Late last year, Doctors without Borders announced the quality assurance certification of Compact's ready to use therapeutic food in India.
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