Author: Colombian Congress
July 30, 2021 – Law by which measures are adopted to promote healthy food environments and prevent non-communicable diseases
https://interamericanheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Colombia-Ley-2120_de_2021.pdf
Authors: Government of Chile â Ministry of Health; Undersecretary of Public Health
August 18, 2021 – Law 20606 that establishes and regulates the nutritional composition of food and its advertising.
https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1041570&idParte=0&idVersion=2021-08-18
Author: Brazilian Government
October 8, 2020 – Resolution of the Brazilian government that establishes Front of Package Nutritional Labeling for foods.
Author: Global Health Advocacy Incubator
December 10, 2021 – The Health Food Promotion Law was approved by the Chamber of Deputies following a 12-hour debate in October. The bill passed with strong support with 220 in favor and only 22 against. Legislators publicly acknowledged civil societyâs active role in the lawâs passage.
Authors: Healthy Latin America Coalition (CLAS), InterAmerican Heart Foundation
July 6, 2015 – Concerned about article 44, which stipulates that the WHO does not engage with the tobacco or arms industries, but makes no mention of the alcohol, ultra-processed food and soft drink industries.
Author: Marcelo Ber
June 30, 2015 – Email to disseminate and share a UNICEF publication on the indirect marketing of unhealthy food and beverages aimed at children in Latin America and the Caribbean with a focus on schools and social networks, developed in collaboration with the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP).
Author: UNICEF
June 30, 2015 – UNICEF calls on governments, companies and civil society to work together to improve advertising practices aimed at children and adolescents, within the framework of the presentation of the exploratory study Promotion and advertising of unhealthy food and beverages aimed at children in Latin America and the Caribbean, promoted by UNICEF in collaboration with the Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama (INCAP), which is made public today in the city of San JosĂ©, Costa Rica.
Author: Alianza por la Salud Alimentaria
June 2015 – Letter of support for the proposals to regulate front labeling and food and beverage advertising aimed at children presented in Chile by the Ministry of Health and promoted by the legislature through the so-called Super 8 Law.
Author: Alianza por la Salud Alimentaria
June 2015 – Letter of support from civil society organizations to the Chilean ambassador supporting regulations against junk food and pointing fingers at the Mexican government for interfering in favor of corporations. They denounce that large corporations are waging a battle in the region against policies aimed at combating obesity.
Author: PAHO. PanAmerican Health Organization / WHO. World Health Organization
March 2021 – This fact-sheet presents the results of the first study to take place in the Caribbean to examine the best performing front-of-package labeling (FOPL). It was conducted by the Ministry of Health and Wellness of Jamaica, the University of Technology, Jamaica, and the Pan American Health Organization, and contributes to the evidence that has been accumulated in the Region of the Americas on the topic. Consumers showed the octagonal warning labels had the highest chances of correctly identifying when products were excessive in sugars, sodium, or saturated fats, of correctly identifying the least harmful option, and of choosing the least harmful or none of the products more often.
