MARKETING (BREAST-MILK SUBSTITUTES) ACT

Section 14: Interpretation.

1990Section 14 of 15Federal Republic of Nigeria

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper, invoice or other document, and any public announcement made orally or by any means of producing or transmitting light or sound; and "advertise" shall be construed accordingly;
"appropriate authority" means the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control;
"breast-milk substitute" means any food being marketed or otherwise represented as a partial or total replacement for breast-milk;
"container" includes any basket, pail, tray, package or receptacle of any kind, whether open or closed;
"infant formula" means a breast-milk substitute formulated and adapted to satisfy the normal nutritional requirements of an infant not exceeding four years and six months old in accordance with applicable regulations under the Food and Drugs Act;
"infant" means a person under twelve months old;
"label" means any tag, brand, mark pictorial or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed or impressed on, attached to a container containing breast-milk substitute or infant formula;
"Minister" means the Minister charged with responsibility for matter relating to health.

Cite this section

Section 14, MARKETING (BREAST-MILK SUBSTITUTES) ACT (1990).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/marketing-breast-milk-substitutes-act/section/14/