The United States, European Union, Canada and Switzerland, home to some of the world's biggest food companies, have pressed Mexico to delay upcoming health warnings on processed food and drinks, a World Trade Organization document showed.
MEXICO CITY - The United States, European Union, Canada and Switzerland, home to some of the world’s biggest food companies, have pressed Mexico to delay upcoming health warnings on processed food and drinks, a World Trade Organization document showed.
Mexico, the largest consumer of processed food in Latin America and the fourth-largest in the world, has long struggled with high rates of obesity and diabetes. That health crisis has been exacerbated by the novel coronavirus, which hits people suffering from those illnesses particularly hard. According to WTO minutes of a May 13-14 meeting of the Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade, published on Monday, the U.S. delegation said it supports Mexico’s public health objective of reducing diet-related non-communicable diseases but that it was concerned the planned labeling may be “more trade restrictive than necessary to meet Mexico’s legitimate health objectives.”
Washington said a delay was needed “in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has placed significant pressure on the food and beverage industry.”
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