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• The Authority inspected two service agents together with Senators Guido Girardi and Francisco Chahuán, two of the law's authors, where they found outdated products on their labels.
Before the start of Second Phase of the Labeling Act which sets stricter limits on the industry, this Thursday the Seremi of Salud Metropolitana initiated a summary against a server to not update its products to the new regulations.
two of these enclosures selling packaged food, the health authorities found cereals and sandwiches that did not comply with the regulations in force . In other words, they had stamps, but they were insufficient according to the new scales.
In the case of cereals, the label of "High in Calories" was missing. And in the sandwich, "Alto en Sodio" was not present, a situation that led to the beginning of a health summary at the local liquor store.
Compared to previous limits, current margins in solid foods are reduced to 15 grams of sugars (before it is 22.5g), 300 kilocalories (before they were 350kcal), 5 grams of saturated fat (in 2016 there were 6) and 500 milligrams of sodium (previously, the limit was 800), all for 100 grams of food.
In liquids, the reduction is 5 grams of sugar (formerly 6g), 80 kilocalories (formerly 100 kcal), saturated fats and sodium in liquids remains the same as in previous regulations; with 3 grams of fat and 100 milligrams of sodium, all for 100 milliliters of food.
In addition to the new limits, the second phase of the regulation completely prohibits the advertising of food "high in" since 06:00 and 22:00 in movies and television, although they are not intended for children under 14 years old.
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