Chile – Santiago Court rejects appeals against changes to food advertising with warning labels

The Santiago Court of Appeals rejected the appeals filed against the Ministry of Health’s decree that modified the message “Prefer foods with fewer seals,” which must appear in advertising campaigns for foods labeled as high in calories, fat, sugar, or salt, replacing it with the new wording “Food with a ‘high in’ seal; avoid consumption.”

In a unanimous ruling (case file 1.276-2025), the Third Chamber of the appellate court—comprising Ministers Paula Hasbún and María Paula Merino, and interim attorney Jorge Gómez—rejected the economic amparo petition filed by Ideal SA, holding that the change in the message, which seeks to inform consumers on public health and healthy nutrition, does not affect the petitioner’s economic activity.