Chương I Nghị định 100/2014/NĐ-CP: Quy định chung

Chapter I 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Decree prescribes information, education, communication, advertising for, trading in and use of nutritious products for infants, feeding bottles and teats; responsibilities in trading in, and use of, nutritious products for infants so as to reduce the malnutrition rate based on the promotion and protection of breastfeeding - the best for the health and all-sided growth of infants.

Article 2. Interpretation of terms

In this Decree, the terms below are construed as follows:

1. Nutritious products for infants include breast milk substitutes and nutritious complementary foods for under 24-month infants produced by industrial methods, which are up to the set standards and suitable to nutritional needs of each growth stage or special physiological conditions of infants.

2. Breast milk substitutes for under-24 month infants include:

a/ Liquid or powdered infant formulas made from milk of cows or other animals and containing appropriate ingredients which may be used to substitute breast milk for under-12 month infants;

b/ Liquid or powdered follow-up formulas made from milk of cows or other animals and containing appropriate ingredients or animal- or plant- derived ingredients which may be used for infants aged 6-24 months during the complementary feeding period;

c/ Other liquid or powdered follow-up formulas made from milk of cows or other animals and containing appropriate ingredients or animal- or plant- derived ingredients which are presented or introduced as suitable to under-24 month infants but are not included in complementary foods in the nutritional structure for infants aged over 6 months.

3. Nutritious complementary foods (below referred to as complementary foods) means ready-made semi-solid or solid foods containing 4 groups of ingredients: carbonhydrates, proteins, fats and vitamins and minerals for additional use together with breast milk or breast milk substitutes for under-24 month infants.

4. Infant means a child who is under 24 months old.

5. Label of nutritious product for infants means a writing, print, drawing or photocopy of characters and images stuck, printed, appended, cast or engraved directly on goods and commercial packages of products or on other materials affixed on the nutritious product for infants and commercial packages thereof.

6. Giving of samples of nutritious products for infants means free-of- charge supply of a small quantity of nutritious products for infants.

7. Medical establishments include general hospitals having obstetrics and pediatrics departments; obstetrics and pediatrics specialized hospitals; maternity homes; general clinics and obstetrics and pediatrics clinics; regional general clinics; commune, ward and township health stations; infant nutrition research establishments or infant nutrition counseling establishments.

8. Physicians and medical workers include doctors, intermediate-level physicians, convalescence workers, midwives, nutrition counselors and persons holding other professional titles, including unpaid voluntary workers in medical establishments.

9. Employees of establishments producing and trading in nutritious products for infants include monthly-paid contract workers, salesperson enjoying enterprises’ commissions, collaborators, and sales promoters of nutritious products for infants.