This May 30 is the deadline for the Executive power Observe or promulgate the autograph of the law that regulates the preparation and commercialization of foods for special diets for vulnerable populations, which establishes that baby formulas and dairy supplements do not have octagons on their containers.
Given this, and at the request of La República, the College of Nutritionists of Peru (CNP) issued its technical opinion regarding the autograph approved by Congress. It is worth mentioning that The Parliamentary Health Commission did not ask said collegiate for his comments.
In the opinion of the CNP, the nutritional situation in Peru faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes undernutrition and excess weight. In addition, various studies revealed that the consumption of formulas since childhood is associated with overweight and obesity in early ages and adults, therefore, the referee indicates that “the proposal threatens the health of vulnerable populations, being incoherent and incongruous“.
“Advertising octagons are mandatory in accordance with Law 30021, the application in the formulas will allow the population to make informed decisions regarding the food they consume, promoting the intake of healthy foods. These warnings provide simple and easy-to-understand information about the content of critical nutrients such as sugar, saturated fat, trans fat or sodium content in processed and ultra-processed products, especially in the case of a vulnerable age of the person, where it is our window of opportunity to provide them with the most nutritious foods such as milk maternal,” pointed out the College of Nutritionists of Peru.
Finally, the CNP was against the autograph of the law, since it seeks to make worryingly more flexible the elaboration and commercialization of important products for food and nutrition of the population.
Source: Larepublica
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