Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Chile's Law on Food
Labelling and Advertising Dr. Mélanie Paccot
NCD Chile
Session / Date: Fast tracking the implementation of national NCD responses/ 18/11/2017
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
LAW 20.606: Food nutritional composition and food marketing, 2016
Restriction to school
food environment
Front of package warning label
Restrictions to food
marketing to children under 14
years
Main goals:1. Children protection2. To Promote informed food selection3. To decrease consumption of food with
excessive amount of critical nutrients.
Only for food above
cut-off values
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Foods “high in” calories, sugars, sodium and saturated fats must have front warning of package labeling
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
How would you evaluate the following public policy: Obligation to label foods high in sugars,
saturated fats, sodium and calories?
How would you rate the following public policy: Prohibition on selling "high in" foods in
educational establishments?
How would you rate the following public policy: Advertising ban on "high in" foods?
n = 1067 surveyed
MINSAL-Universidad de Chile, 2016.
Citizen perception of the policies
REGULAR OR WRONG GOOD ORVERY GOOD
REGULAR OR WRONG
REGULAR OR WRONG GOOD ORVERY GOOD
GOOD ORVERY GOOD
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Thank you
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud
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