Panama – Panama achieves regional consensus to incorporate national proposal on general food labeling

Panama achieved an important result during the most recent meeting of the Council of Ministers of Economic Integration (COMIECO), by successfully incorporating a national proposal into the new Central American Technical Regulation on General Labeling of Prepackaged Foods, approved thru Resolution No. 501-2026.

Resolution No. 501-2026 (COMIECO-CXIII) incorporates a note in numeral 9.2.1 of the Central American Technical Regulation RTCA 67.01.07:10 General Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (Prepackaged), approved thru Resolution No. 280-2012 (COMIECO-LXII), of May 14, 2012; and approve the adoption, by the Republic of Panama, of the Central American Technical Regulation RTCA 67.01.07:10 General Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (Prepackaged), approved thru Resolution No. 280-2012 (COMIECO-LXII), of May 14, 2012, and its amendments approved in the previous numeral and in Resolution No. 499-2026 (COMIECO-CXIII), of June 26, 2026.