LAW OF TURKMENISTAN

of March 26, 2016 No. 371-V

About promotion and support of breastfeeding

This Law establishes the state guarantees of ensuring maternity welfare and the childhood and is directed to observance of one of basic rights of the child – the right to breastfeeding as unique opportunity of forming of his physical and mental health.

Chapter I. General provisions

Article 1. Basic concepts

For the purposes of this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) promotion and support of breastfeeding – complex of the actions directed to informing the population on breastfeeding benefits in comparison with artificial feeding;

2) breastfeeding – the feeding of the child breast milk providing it harmonious physical and mental development;

3) the baby – the child aged up to one year;

4) the child of early age – the child aged from one year up to three years;

5) the designated products – the foodstuff and means intended for artificial feeding of the baby and the child of early age. Treat them:

a) initial mixes – the mixes as close as possible to breast milk on chemical composition and nutrition value in liquid or powdery form made on the basis of cow's milk and milk of other farm animals by industrial method according to regulating documents held for use as substitutes of breast milk for the purpose of satisfaction of physiological needs of the baby from the birth to six months. Purpose of initial mixes is made only according to the recommendation of the doctor;

b) the subsequent mixes – the adapted or partially adapted mixes made by industrial method on the basis of raw materials of animal or plant origin according to regulating documents, intended for feeding of the baby are more senior than six months;

c) special mixes – the mixes intended for feeding of the baby, used for the purpose of prevention of diseases and their treatment;

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