{"id":2327,"date":"2021-05-26T12:16:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T16:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/?post_type=uncgfrp_policy&#038;p=2327"},"modified":"2025-01-23T16:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T21:59:27","slug":"law-of-nutritional-composition-of-food-and-advertising","status":"publish","type":"uncgfrp_policy","link":"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/policy\/law-of-nutritional-composition-of-food-and-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Law of Food Labeling and Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This law introduced mandatory front-of package labeling, marketing restrictions, and school sales\/marketing policies, which all use same nutrient profiling model to identify which products are subject to regulation. Packaged food and beverage products containing added sugars, sodium, or saturated fat and exceeding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/chilean-law-of-food-labeling-and-advertising-nutrient-thresholds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">set thresholds<\/a> for content of total sugar, sodium, saturated fat, or overall calories are considered\u00a0\u201chigh in\u201d products\u00a0subject to all regulations. The law was implemented in three phases (in June of 2016, 2018, and 2019) with increasingly strict nutrient thresholds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Front-of-package warning labels: <\/strong>\u201cHigh in\u201d products must carry black octagon \u201cstop sign\u201d octagonal warning labels for each nutrient in excess of thresholds (calories, sugar, saturated fat, and\/or sodium). Products with a \u201chigh in\u201d warning label for a given nutrient\/calories cannot carry a health\/nutrient claim related to that nutrient (or calorie content).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-717e8ec7-98b8-4d08-aec6-9e41f241ef54\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Marketing restrictions: <\/strong>\u201cHigh in\u201d products may not use child-directed marketing strategies or appeals in any media\/marketing (including use of brand characters on packaging);\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>May not advertise during children\u2019s programming (TV, cinema, online) or when child audience share >20%;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>May not advertise on TV from 6 a.m. \u2013 10 p.m. (<em>2018 update; read in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leychile.cl\/Navegar?idNorma=1083792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spanish<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Law-20.869.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a><\/em>); and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Must carry warning message if advertised outside of restricted hours\/programming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>School sales &amp; marketing: <\/strong>\u201cHigh in\u201d products cannot be marketed, sold, or offered for free at kiosks, cafeterias, and feeding programs at schools and nurseries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Read law in:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leychile.cl\/Navegar?idNorma=1041570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spanish<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Law-20.606.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">English<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-1024x242.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-1024x242.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-350x83.png 350w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-1536x363.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-2048x484.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-1200x283.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Chile_warning_label_logos-05-42x10.png 42w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"344\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cereal_boxes_Chile2-1.jpg\" alt=\"Chile Cereal Boxes\" class=\"wp-image-2575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cereal_boxes_Chile2-1.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/cereal_boxes_Chile2-1-42x27.jpg 42w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","uncgfrp_policy_research":[7,8,18],"class_list":["post-2327","uncgfrp_policy","type-uncgfrp_policy","status-publish","hentry","uncgfrp_policy_research-labeling-regulations","uncgfrp_policy_research-marketing-regulations","uncgfrp_policy_research-school-food-environments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Law of Food Labeling and Advertising - Global Food Research Program<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalfoodresearchprogram.org\/policy\/law-of-nutritional-composition-of-food-and-advertising\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Law of Food Labeling and Advertising - Global Food Research Program\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This law introduced mandatory front-of package labeling, marketing restrictions, and school sales\/marketing policies, which all use same nutrient profiling model to identify which products are subject to regulation. 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