MEDICO-LEGAL REGULATIONS AIMED AT PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE USERS OF HEALTH SERVICES Cover Image

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MEDICO-LEGAL REGULATIONS AIMED AT PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE USERS OF HEALTH SERVICES

Work on the Regulations on Food for Infants and Young Children

Author(s): Marta Sjeničić, Ljiljana Stanković
Subject(s): International Law, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Advokatska komora Vojvodine
Keywords: infant formulas; Code; legislation; advertising; donations

Summary/Abstract: National regulations are partially harmonised with the provisions of the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. The WHO Code contains provisions on the necessity and manner of labeling of breast-milk substitutes and related products, the ban of marketing of breast-milk substitutes, and the necessity to promote breast-feeding. The Ministry of Health has formed a Working group for drafting the bylaws on food for infants and young children, which is currently working on solutions for completely incorporating the Code into the national legislation.