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LAW OF TURKMENISTAN ON PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF BREASTFEEDING AND BABY FOODS REQUIREMENTS The Law determines the main public policies in the area of protecting child health through support, protection and promotion of breastfeeding, and regulates issues of provision and marketing of adequate and safe baby foods. CHAPTER I. GENERAL PROVISIONS Article I. Main definitions. The present Law has the following definitions: Infant – a child below 1 year; Toddler – a child aged 1 to 3 years; Breastfeeding – feeding of infants and toddlers with breast milk; Exclusive breastfeeding – feeding of children below 6 months exclusively with breast milk (excluding water, tea and other liquids from their diet); Breast milk substitutes – foods in a liquid or powder form, produced from cow’s or other agricultural animals’ milk and soya proteins, intended for use as breast milk substitute, maximally approximated to breast milk in a chemical composition and nutritional value, and intended to satisfy physiological needs of children in early age; Foods for infants and toddlers – foods intended for nutrition of children aged 6 months to 3 years, the composition and properties of which should be adequate the age-specific physiological characteristics, should provide for effective absorbency, and should not be harmful to the children’s health; Artificial nutrition products for children: – formula No 1 produced industrially in compliance with state, interstate or international standards, and intended to satisfy nutrition needs of infants below 6 months; – formula No 2 produced industrially in compliance with state, interstate or international standards and intended to satisfy nutrition needs of children aged 6 months to 3 years, as well as animal or vegetable dairy products; Supplementary foods – foods, included into the diet of children aged 6 months to 3 years, according the their age-specific physiological characteristics as a supplement to breast milk or its substitutes, and prod