2024-01-03 21:30:15
On March 27, 2020, NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation, in charge of establishing the labelled the commercial and health information that prepackaged foods and non-alcoholic beverages of national or foreign manufacture that are marketed in Mexico must contain.
These are the critical ingredients that appear on the label
This labeling is made up of five octagonal seals warning signs that, in a clear, simple and visible way, indicate when a product contains excess nutrients and critical ingredients such as:
Likewise, it includes two cautionary legends about caffeine and sweetener content, not recommended for consumption in children. In addition, it prohibits packaging from containing children’s characters, celebrities or cartoons.
When this new food labeling emerged, some objectives were set. The first was to make an informed decision, to know that when one is buying, the greater the number of stamps, the greater the risks to our health. There is also the idea that this measure could provide information very quickly and easy to understand by the populationin addition to being able to warn about some ingredients critical to health.
This new measure helps parents a lot when choosing foods for their children.
To evaluate this new labeling measure, an estimate of the labeling of packaged foods was made in the Ensanut (National Health Survey). What was found was that 89.4 percent of the adults interviewed had seen, at least, the warning system.
42.2 percent identified which foods were less healthy with this system and were able to say how healthy their consumption was. On the other hand, 60.5 percent indicated that labeling Help parents to choose healthier foods for your children.
In Mexico, there is a serious problem of obesity and the country occupies fifth place in the ranking. In the last two decades it has been observed that the association of pathologies with the disease has increased. Among the main causes of death in the country are diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, which are highly caused by obesity and this new food labeling could prevent them.
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