Policy - Joint Circular No. 04/2001/TTLT/YT-TM-VHTT-UBBVCSTEVN guiding the implementation of Decree No. 74/2000/ND/CP of the Government on trading in and use of mother milk substitutes to protect and encourage breast-feeding

Date:

2001

Published by:

Government of Viet Nam

Published year:

March 2001

Is the policy document adopted?:

Yes

Adopted year:

2001

Adopted by:

Government of Viet Nam

Type of policy:

Legislation relevant to nutrition

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Legislation Details

This Circular was prepared jointly by the Ministries of Health, of Trade, of Culture and Information, the Prime Minister and the Vietnam Committee for Child Protection. It consists of 7 Parts: general provisions (I); Information, education, communications (II); Advertisement (III); Trading in mother milk substitutes (IV); responsibility of the Obstetric and Paediatric departments and the medical cadres and personnel of these establishments (V); State management responsibilities (VI); implementation provisions (VII). Article 2 of Part I outlines the application sphere of the Circular. Before being placed on the market, all mother milk substitutes must have their food quality, hygiene and safety characteristics registered with the Ministry of Health.

(Summary retrieved from FAOLEX)

File upload:

VNM 2001 Joint Circular guiding the implementation of Decree on trading in and use of mother milk substitutes to protect and encourage breast-feeding.pdf

Reference:

Link to eLENA "Regulation of marketing breast-milk substitutes" : http://www.who.int/entity/elena/titles/regulation_breast-milk_substitute... / ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Summary and document retrieved from FAOLEX - legislative database of FAO Legal Office / http://faolex.fao.org

Further notes:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Summary and document retrieved from FAOLEX - legislative database of FAO Legal Office / http://faolex.fao.org

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