A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Global Food Research Program (GFRP) found that Peru’s mandatory front-of-package warning label policy was associated with meaningful improvements in the nutritional quality of the country’s packaged food supply. The findings add to growing evidence that mandatory nutrition labeling policies can encourage […]
A new study published this month in the journal Food Policy finds that Peru’s food and beverage industry experienced no significant job or wage losses after the country began taxing sugary drinks and putting warning labels on the front of unhealthy food and beverage packages prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Peruvian government implemented these […]
The Peruvian government has issued a final Advertising Warnings Manual to require warning labels on packages of and adverts for foods that contain high levels of sugar, saturated fat, and sodium, as well as those containing trans-fat. A letter of congratulations to the Peruvian Government from various top scientists, researchers, and professionals in the areas […]