THE INFANT MILK SUBSTITUTES, FEEDING BOTTLES AND INFANT FOODS (REGULATION OF PRODUCTION, SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION) ACT, 1992 [Act, No. 41 of 1992] [29th December, 1992] PREAMBLE An Act to provide far the regulation of production, supply and distribution of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods with a view To the protection and promotion of breast-feeding and ensuring the proper use of infant foods and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Parliament in the third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....any method of encouraging any person to purchase or use infant milk substitute, feeding bottle or infant food.] (2) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment or any provision thereof, shall, in relation to an area in which such enactment or such provision is not in force, be construed as a reference to the corresponding law or the relevant provision of the corresponding law, if any, if force in that area. ____________________________ 1. Substituted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). Prior to substitution it read as under : "(a) "advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper and other documents and also includes any visible representation or announcement made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas;" 2. Substituted for "but does not include a pharmacy or drug store" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 3. Substituted for "after the age of four months" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles or infant foods.] ____________________________ 1. Substituted for "or feeding bottles" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 2. Substituted for "infant milk substitutes is" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 3. Substituted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). Prior to substitution it read as under : "(c) take part in the promotion of use or sale of infant milk substilutes or feeding bottles or infant foods otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act."
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSection 4 - Prohibition of incentives for the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles No person shall-- (a) supply or distribute samples of infant milk substitutes or 1 [feeding bottles or infant foods] or gifts of utensils or other articles; or (b) contact any pregnant woman or the mother of an infant; or (c) offer inducement of any other kind, for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of infant milk substitutes or1 [feeding bottles or infant foods] . ____________________________ 1. Substituted for "feeding bottles" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionSection 5 - Donations of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or equipment or materials relating thereto Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 8, no person shall donate or distribute-- (a) infant milk substitutes or 1 [feeding bottles or infant foods] to any other person except to an orphanage; (b) any informational or educational equipment or material relating lo infant milk substitutes or 1 [feeding bottles or infant foods] Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to the donation or distribution, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, of such equipment or material through the health care system. ____________________________ 1. Substituted for "feeding bottles" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....preparation and a warning against (he health hazards of its inappropriate preparation; (e) the ingredients used; (f) the composition or analysis; (g) the storage conditions required; (h) the batch number, date of its manufacture and the date before which it is to be consumed, taking into account the climatic and storage conditions of the country; (i) such other particulars as may be prescribed. (2) No container or label referred to in, sub-section (1) relating to 1 [infant milk substitute or infant food] shall-- (a) have pictures of an infant or a woman or both; or (b) have pictures or other graphic material or phrases designed (o increase the saleability of 1 [infant milk substitute or infant food] or (c) use on it the word "humanised" or "maternalised" or any other similar word; or (d) bear on it such other particulars as may be prescribed. ____________________________ 1. Substituted for "infant milk substitute" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....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 for 3 [feeding bottles or infant foods]. ____________________________ 1. Substituted for "every educational or other material" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 2. Inserted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). 3. Substituted for "feeding bottles" by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003).
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....in accordance with the proviso to clause (b) of section 5; and (b) the dissemination of information to a health worker about the scientific and factual matters relating to the use of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or infant foods along with the information specified in sub-section (1) of section 7. (2) No person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or infant foods shall make any payment to any person who works in the health care system for the purpose of promoting the use or sale of such substitutes or bottles or foods. (3) No person, other than a health worker, shall demonstrate feeding with infant milk substitutes or infant foods to the mother of an infant or to any member of her family and such health worker shall also dearly explain to such mother or such other member the hazards of improper use of infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or infant foods. (4) No person, other than an institution or organisation, engaged in health care for mothers, infants or pregnant women, shall distribute infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles to a mother, who cannot resort to breast-feeding and who cannot.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section.....or infant foods shall offer or give, directly or indirectly, any financial inducements or gifts to a health worker or to any member of his family for the purpose of promoting the use of such substitutes or bottles or foods. 1 [(2) No producer, supplier or distributor referred to in sub-section (/), shall offer or give any contribution or pecuniary benefit to a health worker or any association of health workers, including funding of seminar, meeting, conference, educational course, contest, fellowship, research work or sponsorship.] ___________________________ 1. Substituted by the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2003 (38 of 2003). Prior to substitution it read as under : "(2) Where such person makes any contribution to, or incurs any expenditure on, a health worker, either directly or indirectly, such person and such health worker shall disclose the same to the institution or organisation to which such health worker is attached."
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section(1) No person who produces, supplies, distributes or sells infant milk substitutes or feeding bottles or infant foods shall fix the remuneration of any of his employees or give any commission lo such employees on the basis of the volume of sale of such substitutes or bottles or foods made by such employees. (2) The employees of such person shall not perform any function which relates to educating a pregnant woman or mother of an infant on pre-natal or post-natal care of the infant.
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