Infants and Young Children's Food Supply (Control) Act 2023 (No. 18 of 2023).
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Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
This Act lays down provisions on the standards for breast-milk substitutes and for apparatuses; materials on infant and young child feeding; materials about artificial feeding or feeding bottles; authorization to supply feeding product; registration of feeding products; license required for importers, manufactures and distributors; prohibitions related to labelling of a feeding product, formular, commercially available complementary food products, feeding bottles and teats, and dummies; advertisement and promotion of feeding products; enforcement; and offences and penalties.
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Long title of text
An Act to (a) promote and safeguard the health and nutrition of infants and young children; and (b) reduce and prevent malnutrition in infants and young children; and (c) develop or adopt standards for feeding products; and (d) regulate the dealers of commercially available complimentary food and feeding products; and (e) repeal the Baby Feeds Supplies (Control) Act 1977 (Chapter 365).
Date of text
Entry into force notes
This Act is certified on 21 December 2023.
Repealed
No
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No