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The Breast-Milk Substitutes (Regulation of Marketing) Ordinance, 1984

( Ordinance NO. XXXIII OF 1984 )

Definitions
2. In this Ordinance, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
 
 
(a) “breast-milk substitute” means any food represented as a partial or total substitute for breast-milk and includes a complementary food;
 
 
1[(aa) “breast-milk supplement or weaning food” means any food manufactured or locally prepared to be used as a complement to breast-milk or infant formula, when either becomes insufficient to satisfy the nutritional requirements of infants;]
 
 
(b) “complementary food” means any food represented as a complement to breast-milk or 2[infant formula, and includes any breast-milk supplement or weaning food];
 
 
(c) “infant formula” means a breast-milk substitute formulated to satisfy the normal nutritional requirements of infants up to six months of age;
 
 
(d) “protected person” means a pregnant woman, a mother of an infant whose apparent age is not more than two years, and a person who is the husband of such woman or mother or father of such child; and
 
 
(e) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance.

  • 1
    Clause (aa) was inserted by section 2 of the Breast-Milk Substitutes (Regulation of Marketing) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. XVI of 1990)
  • 2
    The words and comma “infant formula, and includes any breast-milk supplement or weaning food” were substituted for the words “infant formula” by section 2 of the Breast-Milk Substitutes (Regulation of Marketing) (Amendment) Act, 1990 (Act No. XVI of 1990)
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