South Africa - An assessment of compliance with proposed regulations to restrict on-package marketing of packaged foods to improve nutrition in South Africa
South Africa
Feb 07, 2025
Ultra-processed products (UPPs), high in sugar, fat and sodium, contribute to increasing burdens of obesity and non-communicable diseases in South Africa (SA). Increased consumption and acceptability of UPPs is driven, in part by aggressive marketing. Front of package labelling laws, particularly warning labels (WLs) coupled with marketing restrictions, have been recommended to improve consumer awareness of unhealthy products, incentivise reformulation and underpin other interventions. The SA government published a draft regulation to introduce WLs and restrict marketing, called R3337. This study aims to analyse on-package marketing and create a baseline to evaluate compliance with the proposed R3337.
Author(s): Abdool Karim, S., Frank, T., Khan, A.S.
Published in: BMC Nutr.
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