Photo credit: JackF – adobe.stock.com Required front-of-pack (FOP) declarations on all prepackaged food and non-alcoholic beverages sold in Mexico could inspire Latin American or other countries to establish their own labeling regulations as well.
In recent years, Latin American countries Chile (1), Peru (2), Brazil (3), Colombia (4), Argentina (5), and Ecuador (6) have established or considered establishing front-of-pack (FOP) labeling requirements for packaged foods and beverages. These laws vary in the style of communicating information, ranging from information-based quantitative declarations to warning sign-styles.
Mexico, which for several years has had an information-based FOP labeling system, recently adopted a warning sign-framework similar to FOP regulations in Chile but that goes further.