The Department of Nutrition and Food, of the Division of Healthy Public Policies and Health Promotion of the Ministry of Health, published the draft modification of the “Message promoting healthy lifestyle habits in Food advertising” established in Decree N°1/2017 of the Ministry of Health.
Food or food products must include in their advertising carried out in mass media, a warning message, hereinafter referred to as the “Message”, when they have been “Message”, when sodium, sugars and saturated fats have been added to them, and content exceeds the value established in article 120 bis of the Supreme Decree No. 977 of 1996, of the Decree No. 977 of 1996, of the Ministry of Health, for those nutrients, or when they exceed the levels established for calories, sugars and saturated fats. when they exceed the levels established for calories and sugars or saturated fats have been added. sugars or saturated fats.