In Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina and in almost all the countries of South America, the front nutritional warning labeling works; including several Latin American countries.
José Ramiro López, nutritionist. Photo: Radio Panama
The nutritionist José Ramiro López referred this Friday to Bill 265 on the front nutritional warning labeling, clarifying that this refers to a didactic strategy or educational tool so that when the consumer arrives at the supermarket without having to be looking at the nutritional labels who are in the back and have to be making calculations, directly identify which foods are not so good for health.
He mentioned that what the front labeling does is a direct translation for the consumer where if the food, reviewing the nutritional label, has a high content of sodium, sugar and saturated fats, it will be reported on the front of the product.
He stressed that Panama is not a pioneer on this issue and “it is a shame that we are always left behind on issues like these. When we say that we are not pioneers, it is because there are already other countries that have advanced and have scientific evidence that labeling is functional and refutes those arguments that it’s going to increase the cost of the products.
In Ecuador, Mexico, Argentina and in almost all the countries of South America, the front nutritional warning labeling works; including several Latin American countries.
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