Section 2
Definitions:
2. Definitions: In this Act, Unless the subject or the context otherwise requires:
(a) “Mother’s milk substitute” means any food marketed or otherwise distributed as a partial or total replacement for mother’s milk.
(b) “Container” means any kind of package in which any product is placed for sale or distribution in a retail unit and this expression also includes a
wrapper.
(c) “Committee” means the Breastfeeding Protection and Promotion Committee formed under section 4.
(d) “Product” means any of the following things:
(1) mother’s milk substitute,
(2) any kind of such milk marketed or otherwise distributed as is This Act came into force on 2051.11.15 (27 Feb.1995) by a notification published in the Nepal Gazettee. suitable for feeding to the infant, with or without any conversion in such milk,
(3) any other such food or beverage marketed or otherwise distributed as is suitable for feeding to the infant,
(4) milk bottle and nipple.
(e) “Distributor” means a person involved in the sale and distribution of any product by wholesale or retail and this expression also includes a person
involved in the process of public relation services or information related with any process.
(f) “Health care system” means a governmental, non-governmental or private institution or organization or person engaged directly or indirectly in health
care activities, and this expression also includes a nursery and other child care institution.
(g) “Medical practitioner’ means a doctor, registered nurse, nutrition expert or such other person as may be specified by Government of Nepal on a
notification in the Nepal Gazette.
(h) “Health worker” means a person who is working in a health care system or a trainee to work in that system and engaged in health care activities for
remuneration or otherwise.
(i) “infant” means a baby below the age of twelve months.
(j) “infant formula (balsutra)” means an mother’s milk substitute which is so prepared in conformity with the prevailing Nepalese standards which is
suitable to the physical structure of the infants from four to six months of age and with a view to the fulfillment of the general nutritional requirement
of such infant.
(k) “Label” means a tag, symbol, picture or other descriptive matter written, printed, lithographed, marked, embossed, included or otherwise displayed
on a container containing a product.
(l) “Manufacturer” means a person who is directly or through an agent or an agreement or through a person controlled under an agreement involved in
the production or manufacturing business.
(m) “sale or distribution” means the marketing or selling of such product, inclusive of any act related with the promotion, distribution,
advertisement, sample distribution, public relation and information service of such product.
(n) “Sample” means one unit or small quantity of a product to be provided for free of cost.
(o) “Complementary food” means such appropriate food substance as to be used as a complementary substance in cases where the mother’s milk or mother’s milk
substitute is inadequate to meet the nutritional requirement of the infant.
(p) “Ministry” means the Ministry of Health, the Government of the Nepal.
(q) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Rules framed under this Act.
(a) “Mother’s milk substitute” means any food marketed or otherwise distributed as a partial or total replacement for mother’s milk.
(b) “Container” means any kind of package in which any product is placed for sale or distribution in a retail unit and this expression also includes a
wrapper.
(c) “Committee” means the Breastfeeding Protection and Promotion Committee formed under section 4.
(d) “Product” means any of the following things:
(1) mother’s milk substitute,
(2) any kind of such milk marketed or otherwise distributed as is This Act came into force on 2051.11.15 (27 Feb.1995) by a notification published in the Nepal Gazettee. suitable for feeding to the infant, with or without any conversion in such milk,
(3) any other such food or beverage marketed or otherwise distributed as is suitable for feeding to the infant,
(4) milk bottle and nipple.
(e) “Distributor” means a person involved in the sale and distribution of any product by wholesale or retail and this expression also includes a person
involved in the process of public relation services or information related with any process.
(f) “Health care system” means a governmental, non-governmental or private institution or organization or person engaged directly or indirectly in health
care activities, and this expression also includes a nursery and other child care institution.
(g) “Medical practitioner’ means a doctor, registered nurse, nutrition expert or such other person as may be specified by Government of Nepal on a
notification in the Nepal Gazette.
(h) “Health worker” means a person who is working in a health care system or a trainee to work in that system and engaged in health care activities for
remuneration or otherwise.
(i) “infant” means a baby below the age of twelve months.
(j) “infant formula (balsutra)” means an mother’s milk substitute which is so prepared in conformity with the prevailing Nepalese standards which is
suitable to the physical structure of the infants from four to six months of age and with a view to the fulfillment of the general nutritional requirement
of such infant.
(k) “Label” means a tag, symbol, picture or other descriptive matter written, printed, lithographed, marked, embossed, included or otherwise displayed
on a container containing a product.
(l) “Manufacturer” means a person who is directly or through an agent or an agreement or through a person controlled under an agreement involved in
the production or manufacturing business.
(m) “sale or distribution” means the marketing or selling of such product, inclusive of any act related with the promotion, distribution,
advertisement, sample distribution, public relation and information service of such product.
(n) “Sample” means one unit or small quantity of a product to be provided for free of cost.
(o) “Complementary food” means such appropriate food substance as to be used as a complementary substance in cases where the mother’s milk or mother’s milk
substitute is inadequate to meet the nutritional requirement of the infant.
(p) “Ministry” means the Ministry of Health, the Government of the Nepal.
(q) “Prescribed” or “as prescribed” means prescribed or as prescribed in the Rules framed under this Act.