The Ombudsman’s Office supported the resolution of the Constitutional Chamber, announced yesterday, to eliminate the circular issued by the Ministry of Health that concealed the nutritional warning stamps on the front labeling of food. At the beginning of this month, the Ombudsman’s Office notified a report to the Ministry of Health in which it recommended to the Ministry to annul the circular, after an extensive technical and legal analysis.

The Ombudsman’s Office argued that the Ministry of Health did not demonstrate, with studies with quali-quantitative information, that the Front End Nutrition Warning Label (EFAN) of the imported products that carry it confused the consumer and that it had the corresponding legal basis. This investigation, in the opinion of this Ombudsman’s Office, should be carried out with the contributions of the academic sectors, professional associations and non-governmental organizations.