Mexico´s Labeling Regulation and the Industry´s Strive Toward Compliance
Nearly six months after the enaction of NOM-051 about front-of-package labeling for foods and non-alcoholic beverages, a webinar of Enlace EXPO PACK 2021 brought companies up to date on the progress made and the challenges of its implementation.
Apr 5th, 2021
The facts presented at the webinar by the director of CANAINCA, Jonás Murillo, and Estephani Paniagua, Technical Coordinator at the entity, summarized the perceptions of a wide portion of the guild’s associates. This is the only organization that represents the industries dedicated to processed foods manufacturing in Mexico.On the shelves of Mexican stores and supermarkets, consumers are now seeing the products they have traditionally purchased with changes in presentation, packaging, and formulation. Many of them now include warning octagonal labels for high content levels of sugar, fats, sodium, or calories that exceed the caps set by the ame