A bill currently before the Chamber of Deputies proposes to make mandatory the inclusion of information on alcohol content on food labels. Bill 447/25 covers all food products containing alcohol, regardless of whether its origin is by intentional addition or the result of fermentation processes.
The proposal aims to protect the health of vulnerable groups, such as children, adolescents, pregnant women and people who use medications that interact with alcohol.
The requirement that information on alcohol content be displayed in a visible place on the package seeks to ensure transparency and food safety.
Failure to comply with the rules set forth in the bill will subject offending companies to the penalties provided for in the Consumer Protection Code (CDC).

The regulation that resolves the interpretation for the new obligation of alcohol labeling is ready to be enacted as of July 7. This, after the Senate Chamber unanimously approved the initiative that exempts from the obligation to label in a clear, precise and visible way the health warnings for the consumption of alcoholic beverages and whose products were marketed before the effective date of the rule that modifies Law No. 21,363.

This, in order to solve the legal void that occurred with those products that had already been marketed and distributed, making it impracticable for producers to comply with the labeling provision.