Role of Conadecus in the regulation of food environments

Authors – Hernán Calderón – National Corporation of Chilean Consumers and Users

August 22, 2017 – Presentation of Conadecus, its mission and function, and the results of brief research on nutrient content in various foods.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AABDRpCLa2WQPhHo5RQzQiBia/Etiquetado%20nutricional%20y%20frontal/Encuentro%20FAO%20Chile%20sept%202017?dl=0&file_subpath=%2F22+agosto%2FPanel+Sociedad+Civil%2FConadecus.pdf&preview=Encuentro+internacional.rar&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Experience of Argentina in Regulation of Environments

Authors: National Program for Healthy Eating and Prevention of Obesity, Ministry of Health, Presidency of the Nation

August 22, 2017 – The National Program for Healthy Eating and Prevention of Obesity (Res 732/16) is presented, with its strategies for promotion, dissemination, regulation in healthy environments such as Work, University, Municipalities and Schools.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AABDRpCLa2WQPhHo5RQzQiBia/Etiquetado%20nutricional%20y%20frontal/Encuentro%20FAO%20Chile%20sept%202017?dl=0&file_subpath=%2F21+agosto%2FPanel+Experiencias+Regulatorias+Pa%C3%ADses+II%2FArgentina.pdf&preview=Encuentro+internacional.rar&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Public policies to combat obesity in Chile: Law 20.606 on the nutritional composition of foods and its advertising

Authors: Carmén Castillo

August 21, 2017 – Presentation on the implementation of Law 20606 on the nutritional composition of food and its advertising; and evaluation one year after the law was implemented.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AABDRpCLa2WQPhHo5RQzQiBia/Etiquetado%20nutricional%20y%20frontal/Encuentro%20FAO%20Chile%20sept%202017?dl=0&file_subpath=%2F21+agosto%2FConferencias%2FMinistra+de+Salud%2C+Chile.pdf&preview=Encuentro+internacional.rar&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Uruguay – Decree 272/018

Authors: Executive Branch, Uruguayan Government

August 29, 2018 – Decree that updates regulations on front of package nutritional labeling.

https://interamericanheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Uruguay-Decreto-272-018-y-anexos.pdf

Panama – Front of Package Nutritional Warning Labeling Law

Authors: Panama General Assembly, Commission on Work, Health, and Social Development

January 22, 2020 – Law that implements and regulates nutritional front of package labeling on food containers packaged for human consumption.

https://interamericanheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Panama-Anteproyecto-Ley-etiquetado_frontal_de_advertencia_nutricional.pdf

El Salvador – Front of Package Nutritional Labeling Law for a healthy diet

Author: Government of El Salvador

December 21, 2020 – The purpose of the law is to regulate, control and educate on the labeling of processed foods for human consumption.

https://interamericanheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/El-Salvador-Ley-5E51DEDF-11B0-4E54-8FFD-2B741BBD7705.pdf

Costa Rica Law 22065 on the front of package labeling of food and non-alcoholic beverages

Author: Deputy María José Corrales Chacón – Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Costa Rica

July 16, 2020 – Costa Rica Law 22065 on the front of package labeling of food and non-alcoholic beverages to facilitate understanding of the content of ingredients that, in excessive consumption, represent risks to people’s health

https://interamericanheart.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Costa Rica-Proyecto-Ley-Costa Rica.pdf

Colombia Law No. 2120 OF 2021 – Adoption of measures provisions to promote healthy food environments and prevent non-communicable diseases

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

Letter to Ambassador of Chile in Mexico

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.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AACJff-L6x8nV8sONpuEv1l7a/Acciones%20de%20incidencia%20pol%C3%ADtica/2015.06.23%20Chile%20y%20M%C3%A9xico?dl=0&preview=Carta+embajada+de+Chile+23+06+2015.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1

Hundreds of Mexican organizations denounce the attack by junk food corporations against public anti-obesity policies in Chile and request to maintain the front labeling proposal .

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.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/mva17yzz7se27qa/AACJff-L6x8nV8sONpuEv1l7a/Acciones%20de%20incidencia%20pol%C3%ADtica/2015.06.23%20Chile%20y%20M%C3%A9xico?dl=0&preview=Bol_ASA+denuncia+ataque+de++corporaciones+Chile.pdf&subfolder_nav_tracking=1