| THE GOVERNMENT No. 100/2014/ND-CP | THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence - Freedom – Happiness Hanoi, November 6, 2014 |
DECREE
On the trading in and use of nutritious products for infants, feeding bottles and teats
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the June 15, 2004 Law on Child Protection, Care and Education;
Pursuant to the June 21, 2012 Law on Advertising;
Pursuant to the June 17, 2010 Law on Food Safety;
Pursuant to the June 14, 2005 Commercial Law;
At the proposal of the Minister of Health,
The Government promulgates the Decree on the trading in and use of nutritious products for infants, feeding bottles and teats.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree prescribes information, education, communication, advertising for, trading in and use of nutritious products for infants, feeding bottles and teats; responsibilities in trading in, and use of, nutritious products for infants so as to reduce the malnutrition rate based on the promotion and protection of breastfeeding - the best for the health and all-sided growth of infants.
Article 2. Interpretation of terms
In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:
1. Nutritious products for infants include breast milk substitutes and nutritious complementary foods for under 24-month infants produced by industrial methods, which are up to the set standards and suitable to nutritional needs of each growth stage or special physiological conditions of infants.
2. Breast milk substitutes for under-24 month infants include:
a/ Liquid or powdered infant formulas made from milk of cows or other animals and containing appropriate ingredients which may be used to substitute breast milk for under-12 month infants;
b/ Liquid or powdered follow-up formulas made from milk of cows or other animals and containing appropriate ingredients or animal- or plant-derived ingredients which may be used for infants aged 6-24 months during the complementary feeding period;
c/ Other liquid or powdered follow-up formulas made from milk of cows or other animals and containing appropriate ingredients or animal- or plant-derived ingredients which are presented or introduced as suitable to under-24 month infants but are not included in complementary foods in the nutritional structure for infants aged over 6 months.
3. Nutritious complementary foods (below referred to as complementary foods) means ready-made semi-solid or solid foods containing 4 groups of ingredients: carbonhydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins and minerals for additional use together with breast milk or breast milk substitutes for under-24 month infants.
[1] Công Báo Nos 991-992 (19/11/2014)
