Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992
The Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992
This 1992 Act regulates the production, advertising, and distribution of baby formula, feeding bottles, and infant foods throughout India. It applies to manufacturers, distributors, and healthcare professionals who interact with new mothers. This law matters because breastfeeding is the ideal, natural way to nourish infants, providing unique biological protection against disease and malnutrition. To promote breastfeeding, the Act bans advertisements for substitutes, prohibits giving free samples or gifts to mothers, and mandates that all labels clearly state "mother’s milk is best". By restricting aggressive commercial promotion, the government ensures that infant health and nutrition remain the top priority over corporate profits
- 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 or infant foods
- 5. Donations of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or equipment or materials relating thereto
- 6. Information on containers and labels of infant milk substitutes or 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
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