The week of August 3, the Health Commission would begin voting on the amendments, most of which would focus on the definition of these types of products.

The Commission agreed to present indications by Thursday, July 30, after which they will proceed to vote on the proposed amendments. The idea is to legislate promptly considering the high rates of overweight and obesity in the population, and their incidence in non-communicable diseases.

The motion authored by Senator María José Gatica and sponsored by Senator Ximena Ordenes and Senators Juan Castro and Alejandro Kusanovic, as well as former Senator Francisco Chahuán, seeks to label as ultra-processed those food products that contain more than five ingredients formed from chemical-industrial processes.

Moreover, the initiative states that the advertising of these products cannot be directed at children under fourteen years old. It establishes that advertising will be understood as any form of promotion, communication, recommendation, propaganda, information, or action intended to promote the consumption of a specific product, including that developed on digital platforms and paid internet ads.