Marketing (Breast-milk Substitutes) Act

An Act to provide for the control of the importation, sale, advertisement, distribu-

tion, or offer as sample or gift of breast-milk substitutes or infant formula t o

members of the public.

[1990 No. 41.]

[ 3 0 th December , 19 9 0 ]

[Commencement.]

Prohibition of importation, sale, etc., of breast-milk substitutes

As from the commencement of this Act, no person shall import, sell, display for sale,

promote the sale of, distribute or offer as sample or gift to any person or the general pub-

lic, any breast-milk substitute or infant formula, unless the breast-milk substitute or infant

formula has first been registered with the appropriate authority.

lic, any breast-milk substitute or infant formula, unless the breast-milk substitute or infant

2. Promoting sale of brea s t-milk substitute or infant formula

No person shall, for the purpose of promoting or inducing the sale of any breast-milk

substitute or infant formula, advertise or give to any person, institution or health facility

any bonus sample of a breast-milk substitute or infant formula or any promotion device

thereof.

thereof.

3. Particular st ob ei ns cr i bed on container

or infant formula in a container, unless the container bears a label on which there ap-

pears-

product as to the following matters, that is-

ment-

“Breast-milk is the best food for the child as it prevents diarrhoea, chest pain and

other diseases”.

required under subsection (1) of this section shall bear directions for use in English lan-

guage and three main Nigerian languages and such adequate warnings against the health

hazards of inappropriate preparation or use.