El Salavador – MINSAL has published the draft Technical Standard for the Authorization of Labeling and Sanitary Registration of Breast Milk Substitutes

The Ministry of Health (MINSAL in Spanish) has published the draft Technical Standard for the Authorization of Labeling and Sanitary Registration of Breast Milk Substitutes.

The draft regulation establishes the technical provisions for the authorization of labeling and sanitary registration of breast milk substitutes, administered to girls and boys under six months of age and up to thirty-six months of age, as well as the monitoring and supervision of these products.
They are subject to compliance with this Technical Standard, all natural persons
or legal entities that manufacture, market, distribute, or import substitutes for breast milk maternal.
Specialized metabolic formulas are excluded.