Researchers from the Federal Institute of Pará (IFPA in Portuguese), Marabá Rural Campus, created the booklet: “Food Labeling: Guidelines for the preparation of food labels in family agribusiness”, available for free at the link. The objective is to provide examples and instructions for the preparation of labels for products such as honey, fruit pulp, dulce de leche, dehydrated fruits and herbs, liqueur, cupuaçu cream, tucupi and free-range chicken eggs.
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Article – Decreases in purchases of energy, sodium, sugar, and saturated fat 3 years after implementation of the Chilean food labeling and marketing law: An interrupted time series analysis
In 2016, Chile implemented a multiphase set of policies that mandated warning labels, restricted food marketing to children, and banned school sales of foods and beverages high in nutrients of concern (“high-in” foods). Chile’s law, particularly the warning label component, set the precedent for a rapid global proliferation of similar policies. While our initial evaluation showed policy-linked decreases in purchases of high-in, a longer-term evaluation is needed, particularly as later phases of Chile’s law included stricter nutrient thresholds and introduced a daytime ban on advertising of high-in foods for all audiences. The objective is to evaluate changes in purchases of energy, sugar, sodium, and saturated fat purchased after Phase 2 implementation of the Chilean policies.
Argentina – Food labeling in Argentina. Decoding impacts on the Argentine Food Code
This work aims to analyze the characteristics of the legislative codification technique in Argentina, and whether, since the enactment of the Food Code to the present, this technique has been affected by a decoding normative evolution, considering the food labeling regime a particular study case. As a result, three lines of legislative alteration or modification distorting the mentioned technique re identified. This generates inconsistencies and ambiguities in the legislation, and consequent negative effects on the application, compliance and understanding of food regulations in the industry.
Peru – Ministry of Health modifies Supreme Decree No. 017-2023-SA to allow warning octagons through stickers
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) modified the manual of advertising warnings that regulates the consignment of the so-called octagons in certain processed foods, through Supreme Decree No. 017-2023-SA.
The amendment (SUPREME DECREE No. 017-2023-SA) establishes that it will be allowed to permanently place advertising warnings on the packaging of products by means of stickers or indelible printing in the case of imported products or micro and small companies.
Stickers must be difficult to remove, indelible, resistant to low or high temperatures depending on their use and of good adherence to the type of surface used, permanent and not cover information for the consumer.
Mexico – Proposal in the Chamber of Deputies that sugar-sweetened beverages should warn that excessive consumption can cause obesity and diabetes
Congressman Alcántara Martínez (PT) is promoting an initiative to reform the General Health Law.
Congressman Leobardo Alcántara Martínez (PT) is promoting an amendment to the General Health Law to establish that the labeling of sugary drinks in excess must include a legend warning about the harmful effects caused by their excessive consumption, such as obesity and diabetes.
The initiative that amends Articles 212 and 215 of said legal norm, submitted to the Health Commission for its opinion and to the Economy, Commerce and Competitiveness Commission for its opinion, also proposes that the front labeling of food and non-alcoholic beverages should warn about the ailments associated with the consumption of these products.
In the explanatory memorandum, it recognizes that, in spite of the institutional efforts of the Mexican State to combat the overweight and obesity epidemic, “the data are still alarming”. The National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) 2018-2019 points out that overweight and obesity continue to be a problem that is highly present in all age groups and regions of the country, as well as in urban and rural areas.
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