Food (Control of Quality)(Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and Designated Products) Regulations 1994 (G.N. No. 256 of 1994).

These Regulations shall apply to all areas to which the Food (Control of Quality) Act, 1978 applies and shall affect marketing of all breast-milk substitutes and designated products whether locally made or imported. They shall apply to their quality, availability, and information regarding their use (reg. 2). Designated products means: (a) infant formula; (b) follow up formula;(c) any other products marketed or otherwhise commonly used for feeding of infants;(d) any product to be fed by use of a feeding bottle; (e) natural or industrially made beverages, milks or foods intended for the use by infants or young children; (f) feeding bottles, teats and pacifiers; (g) other products as may be specified by the Minister by Notice in the Official Gazette (reg. 3). The 20 regulations are divided into 5 Parts: Preliminary (I); Education and Health Care Facilities (II); Health Workers Manufacturers and Distributors (III); Infant Formula (IV); Licences, Import Permits, Offences and Penalties (V).
The Regulations are completed by 4 Schedules: Limits of micro-organisms in infants and supplementary food (1); Composition and quality factors in infant formula (2); Composition and quality factors of supplementary food (3); Essential composition and factors of follow up formulas (4).