Uruguay – According to importers, digital front labeling of food will increase the final price of consumer products

A bill, approved last April by the Chamber of Deputies, establishes that all manufacturers, fractionators or importers must include digital front labeling on the packaging or label of their products.

This digital labeling must contain “sufficiently precise information” that allows the consumer to access it through an online query, for example, by reading a code through any mobile device.

Among the basic required data that must be included are: the manufacturer, the fractionator, the manufacturer, the fractionator, the importer, and the authorizations and warnings. These must match those printed on the physical label of the product, “in compliance with the current regulations for its commercialization in the national territory.”