Lawgist11Standards of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods
(1) No person shall sell or otherwise distribute any infant milk substitute or infant food unless it conforms to the standards, specified for such substitute or food under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), and the rules made thereunder and the container thereof has the relevant Standard Mark specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards established under section 3 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986) to indicate that the infant milk substitute or infant food conforms to such standards:
Provided that where no standards have been specified for any infant milk substitute or infant food under the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 (37 of 1954), no person shall sell or otherwise distribute such substitute or food unless he has obtained the approval of the Central Government in relation to such substitute or food and the label affixed to the container thereof under the rules made under that Act.
(2) No person shall sell or otherwise distribute any feeding bottle unless it conforms to the Standard Mark specified by the Bureau of Indian Standards referred to in sub-section (1) for feeding bottles and such mark is affixed on its container.
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- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Certain prohibitions in relation to infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods
- 4 Prohibition of incentives for the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles
- 5 Donations of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or equipment of materials relating thereto
- 6 Information on containers and labels of infant milk substitutes of infant foods
- 7 Educational and other materials relating to feeding of infants to contain certain particulars
- 8 Health care system
- 9 Inducement to health worker for promoting use of infant milk substitutes, etc
- 10 Special provision relating to employees of person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infant milk substitutes, etc
- 11 Standards of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods
- 12 Powers of entry and search
- 13 Power to seize infant milk substitutes, etc., or containers thereof
- 14 Confiscation
- 15 Power to give option to pay cost in lieu of confiscation
- 16 Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
- 17 Adjudication
- 18 Giving of opportunity to the owner of the seized infant milk substitute or feeding bottle or infant food or container thereof
- 19 Appeal
- 20 Penalty
- 21 Cognizance of offences
- 22 Offences by companies
- 23 Offences to be cognizable and bailable
- 24 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 25 Application of Act 37 of 1954 not barred
- 26 Power to make rules
