Authorities extend deadline for implementation of 2nd phase of nutrition warning labeling
Mexico
May 12, 2025
The Ministry of Economy, through the Regulations, Competitiveness and Competition Unit and in coordination with the Ministry of Health, through the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS in Spanish), informed companies in the pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages sector of the extension of the deadline to implement nutritional labeling.
- The period of the second phase of supplemental nutrition labeling is extended from October 1, 2023 to December 31, 2025, thus granting an additional three months for compliance under the current criteria.
- The start of the third phase is deferred to January 1, 2026, at which time it will be mandatory to fully apply the provisions contained in numeral 4.5.3 and Table 6 of the NOM-051 amendment.
- The measure allows the National Standardization Advisory Committees of the SE and COFEPRIS to move forward with the technical analysis of numeral 4.5.3, in accordance with the National Quality Infrastructure Program 2025, published on February 17 of this year.
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