Implementing front-of-pack nutrition warning labels in Mexico: important lessons for low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyse the implementation of front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FOPNL) in Mexico.

Design

Review of publicly accessible documents, including legislative websites, news sources, and government, intergovernmental, and advocacy reports. Usage of the policy cycle model to analyse the implementation and evaluation stages of Mexico's General Health Law, amended with FOPNL (2019-2022).

Results

In October 2019, the government published a draft modification of the Norma Oficial Mexicana (Official Mexican Standard) to regulate and enforce a new FOPNL warning label system. A 60-d public consultation period followed (October-December 2019), and the regulation was published in March 2020 and implementation began in October 2020. An analysis of nine key provisions of t

SUBMITTER: Crosbie E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10564596 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature