The Ministry of Economy opened for public consultation the draft PROY-NOM-051-SE/SSA1-2025, an update to the food and non-alcoholic beverage labeling standard that seeks to adjust the criteria for evaluating added critical nutrients and define when a product must bear warning seals.

The proposal focuses on modifying section 4.5.3 of NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, a technical component that had already been reviewed in 2020. Now, the objective is to refine the parameters that determine the limits for sugars, sodium, fats, and calories, in order to update how the presence of added critical nutrients is calculated.

This review means that companies will need to re-evaluate their product formulations, as the updated criteria could change the number and type of warnings on packaging. The measure reflects an international trend: periodically adjusting labeling parameters to align them with the latest scientific evidence.

The notice was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation on December 5, initiating a regulatory process that will impact the industry and consumers in 2026.