Costa Rica – Ministry of Health issues statement ordering not to display nutrition warning labels on foods

The Directorate of Regulation of Products of Health Interest of the Ministry of Health ordered importers and distributors to hide the nutritional warning labels, usually contained in imported products, which warn about high contents of fats, saturated fats, sodium or sugars in the packaging of these products.

This is stated in the circular MS-DRPIS-UR-1588-2023 of June 22nd, of which Delfino.cr has a copy and whose authenticity was confirmed with the digital signatures of Priscilla Herrera García, director of the Registration Unit; and Andrea Morales Fiesler, head of the Registration Unit.