The Ministry of Economy (SE in Spanish) has postponed the implementation of the third phase of front labeling for food products until 2028, which was originally scheduled to commence on January 1st. The reasoning provided was to “avoid generating negative economic impacts on the inputs that make up the food baskets of various social assistance programs,” despite the fact that the labels do not lead to an increase in product prices.

In an agreement published today in the Official Journal of the Federation (DOF in Spanish), the agency led by Marcelo Ebrard Casaubón stated that, due to their characteristics, the products included in the food baskets of social programs “are not susceptible to reformulation” and represent “nutrient-dense foods” for the “approximately over 9 million” beneficiaries of these programs.