Standards for Formula Nutrition, Labeling, and Advertisement

Minister of Health (“Minister”) Regulation No. 49 of 2014 on  Nutrition, Labeling, and Advertisement Standards for Development Formula and Development Formula for 1 to 3 Year Old Children (“Regulation”), was recently issued  to protect infants from low nutrition formula that is advertised and distributed in Indonesia.[1]

The Regulation is a guideline for producers and distributors, including importers, for producing, labeling, and promoting formula for infants aged between one to three (“Infant Formula”), which are categorized as formula with milk or animal-base ingredients, or formula with plant-base ingredients that are scientifically proven to be suitable for infants.[2]