front-of-food labeling

Panama – Front-of-Food Labeling receives more institutional support

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The Healthy Eating Movement has the support of the Minister of Health, Fernando Boyd Galindo, in its crusade to approve the front labeling of food products.

The Minister said that front labeling is a measure backed by scientific evidence, endorsed by international organizations, as part of a broader health and wellness strategy.

The Minister’s support is a good sign for the promoters of this project, which has not been able to advance in the three occasions it has been presented.

The independent deputy, Yarelis Rodríguez, considers that it is possible for it to be approved in the next session.

“Now that we are united and working as a team, together with the Ministry of Health, the civil society, PAHO and also with international support, I believe that we will be able to achieve it and we will have this law that we want so much, mainly, so that the right to health and to be informed is fulfilled”, said the deputy.

She added that it is important to raise awareness in the food industry, which also has to offer both information and healthy products that can help the population.

Colombia – Amendment to the Resolution on front-of-food labeling: Use of octagons for excess critical nutrients

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The Ministry of Health published Resolution No 2492 regulating the provisions of (Law No 2120 – Measures to promote healthy food environments and prevent non-communicable diseases) in a definitive way the front labeling for packaged food for human consumption and processed and ultra-processed food products marketed in the country.
The resolution confirms that the front labeling, upon recommendation of the University of Antioquia, will be octagonal in shape, black in color, with a white border and located in the upper third of the main display panel with the word ‘Excess’.
The provisions established in the Resolution apply to all foods for human consumption, national and imported that are marketed in the national territory, except for some foods with nutritional labeling, such as infant formulas for children between 0 and 12 months, foods for special medical purposes (APMES); herbal and fruit infusions, decaffeinated and instant tea, among other foods.
As of June 16, 2023, the front warning seal must be placed on the lid for returnable containers that cannot be labeled on the front face, or with an adhesive or on the secondary packaging,” states the resolution.

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