Lawgist7Educational and other materials relating to feeding of infants to contain certain particulars
(1) 1[Every educational or other material including advertisements or material relating to promotion of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods], whether audio or visual, dealing with pre-natal or post-natal care or with the feeding of an infant and intended to reach pregnant women or mothers of infants shall include clear information relating to--
(a) the benefits and superiority of breast-feeding;
(b) the preparation for, and the continuance of, breast-feeding;
(c) the harmful effects on breast-feeding due to the partial adoption of bottle feeding;
(d) the difficulties in reverting to breast-feeding of infants after a period of feeding by infant milk substitute;
(e) the financial and social implications in making use of infant milk substitutes and feeding bottles;
(f) the health hazards of improper use of infant milk substitutes and feeding bottles;
2[(fa) the date of printing and publication of such material and the name of the printer and publisher;]
(g) such other matters as may be prescribed.
(2) No material referred to in sub-section (1) shall be utilised to promote the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or 3[feeding bottles or infant foods].
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1. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "Every educational or other material" (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
2. Ins. by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
3. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for "feeding bottles" (w.e.f. 1-11-2003).
- 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
