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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

Gobierno de Chile / Ministerio de Salud