Peru – Aspec demands the Government to stop extending the use of octagons in the form of stickers

01/01/2023 / infoAlimentario

The extension approved by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) for processed foods and beverages to use adhesive octagons on their packaging, within the framework of the Healthy Food Law (Law No. 30021), expires on December 31.

After that date, it would be forbidden for companies to place sticker octagons on imported food packaging. In this regard, the Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users (ASPEC in Spanish) urged the Government not to continue authorizing the placement of octagons by means of unsafe stickers on the labels of packaged foods.

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The Americas – Argentina: PAHO/WHO, UNICEF and FAO highlight the regulation of the Healthy Food Law

28/03/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), UNICEF and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) highlighted today the regulation by the Executive Power of the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Food, known as the Frontal Labeling Law, which is key to protecting the right to health and access to information about the products consumed by the population.

The rule establishes the obligation to carry warnings on the front of the packaging of processed and ultra-processed products -those with excess sugars, saturated fats, total fats and sodium- that children and adolescents consume to a greater extent than adults.