Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition Act, 2015 (Act No. VII of 2015).

This Act, consisting of 23 sections divided into six Chapters, provides for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection of Breast-Feeding and Child Nutrition. It aims at ensuring safe and adequate nutrition for infants and young children by promoting and protecting breast-feeding in the above mentioned Province, and by regulating the marketing and promotion of designated products including breast milk substitutes, and of feeding bottles, valves for feeding bottles, nipple shields, teats and pacifier and to provide for matters connected therewith or ancillary thereto. The Act creates the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Infant Feeding Board, establishing composition, duties and responsibilities of this Board, entitled to perform the following activities: a) receive reports of violations of the provisions of this Act or rules; b) recommend investigation of cases to Government against illegal activities; c) plan for co-ordinate the dissemination of informational material on the topic of infant feeding and recommend continuing education courses for health workers on this topics; and d) advise Government, on policies or guidelines for the promotion and protection of breast-feeding, and matters relating to designated products especially infant and young child nutrition.
In addition, the Act establishes that designated product shall be marketed or sold in the Province only by using packaging and labelling requirements in accordance with the provisions of this Act. No designated product shall be manufactured, sold or otherwise distributed in the Province unless it is formulated industrially in accordance with the standards recommended by the Codex Alimentarius Commission and the Codex Code of Hygienic Practice for foods for infants and children, and in addition, shall meet such applicable standards specified in this Act and the rules. Offences and penalties are specified in section 19.