The Ministry of Public Education (SEP in Spanish) published today in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF in Spanish) the decree which amends, adds and repeals various provisions of the General Law of Education, regarding food health in schools.

The document specifies that the federal education agency will have a term of no more than 180 days to update the general guidelines for the sale and distribution of prepared and processed foods and beverages in the schools of the national education system, in order to avoid the advertising and consumption of ultra-processed products in these educational spaces.