Peru – Draft Bill to incorporate warning labeling for pregnant women

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Congresswoman Nieves Limachi, from the parliamentary group Perú Democrático, presented Bill 4509/2022-CR that seeks to include a new octagon: “Not recommended for pregnant women” in the packages of products high in fats and sugars that are marketed in the country.

Bill 4509/2022-CR – AN ACT AMENDING LAW No. 30021, LAW FOR THE PROMOTION OF HEALTHY FOOD FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS, AND INCORPORATING THE PHRASE “NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS” IN THOSE PRODUCTS NOT SUITABLE FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS.

This bill seeks to modify three articles of Law 30021, Law for the Promotion of Healthy Eating for Children and Adolescents, in the manner in which advertisements of food and non-alcoholic beverages with trans fats and high content of sugar, sodium and saturated fats are issued. That is, according to the bill, these foods would not be suitable for pregnant women.

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Panama – Public consultation: DGNTI Technical Regulation 14-2023 on chicken eggs for consumption

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The Ministry of Commerce and Industries published the DGNTI Technical Regulation 14-2023 for public consultation. Food Technology. Technology. Poultry and eggs. Hen eggs for consumption.

The purpose of this Technical Regulation is to establish the quality, safety, packaging and labeling characteristics and specifications to be met by domestic or imported chicken eggs (Gallus domesticus) for human consumption, which are offered to the final consumer, the hotel and catering trade and industry in the country at the time of sale. offered to the final consumer, catering and industry in the country at the time of sale, regardless of their method of production.

For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

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Honduras – Public consultation on the Regulation of Organization, Operation and Attributions of the National Directorate of Surveillance and Sanitary Inspection

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The Health Regulation Agency (ARSA in Spanish) published for public consultation the Regulation of Organization, Operation and Attributions of the National Directorate of Surveillance and Sanitary Inspection.

The purpose of these Regulations is to supervise, verify, control, monitor and supervise compliance with the legal, technical and administrative regulations of the establishments that provide products and services of sanitary interest. products and services of sanitary interest, executing the policies and procedures necessary for the application of the sanitary regulations. necessary for the application of the sanitary regulations in force, in order to correct any conduct or bad practices or bad practices that have or may have an impact on the health of people through technical and legal technical and legal processes through the imposition of the corresponding sanctions. sanctions; likewise, to regulate the processes of import and export or any other regime of or any other regime of products for human consumption and use, as well as that concerning the network of laboratories. concerning the network of laboratories.

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Article – Transition of nutritional labeling in Mexico. Factors that hinder its effectiveness that hinder its effectiveness in young university students

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The objective of the essay is to analyze the transition of nutritional labeling in Mexico and the factors that hinder its effectiveness in the university population. In recent years, there has been a need to have a labeling system that is easy to understand and that promotes the choice of healthy food products. Previously, GDA labels are implemented between the Mexican government and the processed food industry; however, it lacked scientific support and required mathematical calculations or advanced knowledge about nutrition in order to be interpreted. With the pressure of civil groups and in the context of obesity in Mexico, there was a transition from labeling in 2020 to Warning Seals, successfully implemented in South American and European countries, with the purpose of easily communicating excessive content of critical nutrients, however, controversies have arisen in this regard. On the other hand, there are limitations in the effectiveness of labeling, such as attitudes towards a healthy diet, knowledge about nutrition and lack of understanding.

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Article – Factors associated with understanding nutritional labels reported by consumers in a city in the interior of São Paulo- Brazil

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The nutritional labels help people to do choices about their products. This study evaluated the factors associated to the ease comprehension of nutritional labels related by consumers in a countryside city of São Paulo state, Brazil. A questionnaire was answered by 100 consumers of a supermarket chain, through which sociodemographic variables and information about labels were collected. For sample characterization, tables with percentage values were used; chi-square tests were performed to verify the association between the variables studied and the ease of understanding of the contents contained in the labels, and a logistic regression model was proposed. The factors that showed significant associations with the understanding of the contents on the labels were gender, age, education level and previous knowledge to their information (p<0.05). According to the logistic model, corrected by age, to assess the ease of understanding the labels, it was found that men were more likely to understand their contents than women (OR (CI 95%): 0.284 (0.092- 0.876)), as well as those people who already had some previous education on the subjects described in them (OR (CI 95%): 0.106(0.029-0.390)). People with more education reported having more problems to understand the information (OR (CI 95%): 3.572(1.257-10.152)). It was concluded that gender, age group, education level and to have accessing to prior information about labels affect the understanding of their contents; and detailed and more accessible label is desirable.

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