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Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY NOM 051 SCFI/SSA1 2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages Commercial and health information (17 pages, in Spanish).
Mexico issued an addendum on 12 December 2025 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/MEX/178. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 3 September 2009. The comment period closed on 2 November 2009.
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Labelling of pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages
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Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM‑051‑-SCFI/SSA1‑2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information (17 pages, in Spanish)
The publication of the notice of public consultation on the draft amendment to paragraph 4.5.3 of Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, published on 5 April 2010, and its amendment published on 27 March 2020, entitled PROY-NOM-051-SE/SSA1-2025, General 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.G/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.19- 2 - specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information, is hereby notified. The text is available for consultation at: Interested parties may submit comments within 60 days from the date of notification to controlgestiondgn@economia.gob.mx and dgn.alimentaria@economia.gob.mx with copy to dgn.industriabasica@economia.gob.mx__________
The notified preliminary draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the commercial and health information required to be displayed on the labels of locally produced or imported pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages, and determines the characteristics of such information. The Standard applies to all locally produced or imported pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages intended for consumers in national territory.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.19
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM‑051‑-SCFI/SSA1‑2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information (17 pages, in Spanish)
The publication of the notice of public consultation on the draft amendment to paragraph 4.5.3 of Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, published on 5 April 2010, and its amendment published on 27 March 2020, entitled PROY-NOM-051-SE/SSA1-2025, General 1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a PDF attachment, or other information on where the text of the final/modified measure and/or interpretative guidance can be obtained.G/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.19- 2 - specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information, is hereby notified. The text is available for consultation at: Interested parties may submit comments within 60 days from the date of notification to controlgestiondgn@economia.gob.mx and dgn.alimentaria@economia.gob.mx with copy to dgn.industriabasica@economia.gob.mx__________
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.18
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-051--SCFI/SSA1-2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information (17 pages, in Spanish)
The second phase was extended and the start of the third phase updated, as set forth in the second transitional article of the Amendment, published on 27 March 2020, to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information, published on 5 April 2010. The second transitional article thus reads as follows:SECOND TRANSITIONAL ARTICLE. For the calculation and evaluation of the values and profiles relating to supplementary nutritional information, three distinct phases will be implemented progressively, with the final phase beginning on 1 January 2028, as follows:FIRST PHASE....SECOND PHASE. From 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2027 (4 years and 3 months), the calculation and evaluation of supplementary nutritional information will be carried out using the following criteria and values:1. and 2.......THIRD PHASE. From 1 January 2028, the calculation and evaluation of supplementary nutritional information will be carried out by fully applying the provisions contained in subparagraphs 4.5.3 and Table 6 of the amendment to the Standard on Nutrient Profiles__________
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.17
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information
The second phase for the calculation and evaluation of the values and profiles relating to supplementary nutritional information set forth in the second transitional article of the Amendment, published in the Official Journal of the Federation on 27 March 2020, to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 'General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information', published on 5 April 2010, has been extended, and the date on which the third phase set forth in the second transitional article will begin has been updated. The second transitional article thus reads as follows:Second transitional provision: For the calculation and evaluation of the values and profiles relating to supplementary nutritional information, three distinct phases will be progressively established, with the final phase beginning on 1 January 2026, as follows:First phase:...Second phase: From 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2025 (2 years and 3 months), the calculation and evaluation of supplementary nutritional information will be carried out for the following criteria and values:1 and 2.......Third phase: From 1 January 2026, the calculation and evaluation of supplementary nutritional information will be carried out, with full implementation of the provisions contained in subparagraphs 4.5.3 and Table 6 of the amendment to the standard on Nutrient Profiles.__________
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.16
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2009
Notification of the interagency agreement between the Ministry of the Economy (through the Directorate-General for Standards), the Ministry of Health (through the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks), and the Federal Consumer Protection Agency, regarding verification activities under the Amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 ('General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information') published on 5 April 2010, which was published on 27 March 2020 and signed on 10 March 2021. The purpose of this interagency agreement is to recognize and establish a time period from 1 April 2021 to 31 May 2021, exclusively, when no penalties will be imposed on producers, importers or marketers during the verification activities undertaken by the Federal Consumer Protection Agency and the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks or the Ministry of the Economy in relation to pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages covered by Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 ('General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information'), published in the Official Journal on 5 April 2010, and its Amendment, published in the Official Journal on 27 March 2020. The aforementioned provisions, whereby labelling shall include the new front-of-pack labelling system as part of the additional nutritional…
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.15
Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information
Please be advised of the publication, on 27 October 2020 on the website of the National Foreign Trade Enquiry Point, of the following guidance for the correct application of Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information: -Guidance on the application of NOM 051 SCFI/SSA1 2010 (2020 amendment) to bulk goods -Guidance on the application of NOM 051 SCFI/SSA1 2010 (2020 amendment) to inputs not intended for the final consumer -Guidance on the application of NOM 050 SCFI 2004 to bulk goods __________
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.13
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2009, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1- 2010 El 10 de julio de 2020, la Secretaría de Economía publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, el Acuerdo por el cual se establecen los Criterios para la implementación, verificación y vigilancia, así como para la evaluación de la conformidad de la Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria, publicada el 27 de marzo de 2020. El Acuerdo prevé dar claridad sobre criterios relativos a la implementación, verificación, vigilancia y evaluación de la conformidad del reglamento técnico en cuestión.
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.14
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2009, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria
Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1- 2010 El 31 de julio de 2020, la Secretaría de Economía publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, el Acuerdo Interinstitucional entre la Secretaría de Economía, la Secretaría de Salud, a través de la Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios, y la Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor, respecto a las actividades de verificación de la Modificación a la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria, publicada el 5 de abril de 2010, que fue publicada el 27 de marzo de 2020. El Acuerdo prevé dar claridad sobre criterios relativos a la implementación, verificación y vigilancia del reglamento técnico en cuestión. Tiene como objeto reconocer y establecer un plazo contado a partir del día siguiente de su publicación en el Diario Oficial de la Federación, al 30 de noviembre de 2020, exclusivamente, en el que no se sancionará a productores, importadores o comercializadores durante las actividades de verificación que realicen la Procuraduría Federal del Consumidor (PROFECO) y la Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios (COFEPRIS), para aquellos alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados, objetos de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 (la Modificación).
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.12
Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 On 19 June 2020, an explanatory note issued by the Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Health, through the Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks, was published in the Official Journal regarding the amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information, published in the Official Journal on 2
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.11
General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information Mexico hereby advises that an amendment has been published to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information. Address, fax number and email address of the relevant institution: Secretaría de Economía (Ministry of the Economy) Dirección General d
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.10
Please be advised of the publication of the reply to the comments received on the draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information, published on 11 October 2019. Address, fax number and email address of the relevant institution: Secretaría de Economía Dirección General de Normas Calle Pachuca número 189, pisos 7 y 12, Colonia Condesa, Demarcación
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.9
Labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages Please be advised of the publication of the draft amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010: General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information, published on 5 April 2010. The Ministry of the Economy, through the National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of the Economy (CCONNSE) has established a period of 60 calendar days
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.8
;;Agreement establishing the criteria for the implementation and verification of the Amendment to Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 'General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information', published in the Mexican Official Journal on 5 April 2010;On 5 April 2010, the Mexican Ministries of the Economy and of Health published Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010 'General specifications for the labell
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.7
;;Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, 'General specifications for the labelling of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages - Commercial and health information':On 14 August 2014, the Mexican Ministry of the Economy published an amendment in the Official Journal (involving the following:Addition of paragraphs 3.2, 3.5, 3.17, 3.18, 3.21, 3.40 and 4.2.9, along with their respective sub-paragraphs and adjustment of the subsequent numbering, and 4.5, along
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.6
Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria:; El 17 de enero de 2012, la Secretaria de Economía publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (los Procedimientos para la evaluación de la conformidad: procedimientos simplificados para la verificación de la información de productos sujetos al cumplimiento de la NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.5
Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria:; El 23 de marzo de 2011, la Secretaría de Economía de México publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (los Procedimientos para la evaluación de la conformidad: procedimientos simplificados para la verificación de la información de productos sujetos al cumplimiento de la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones general
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.4
Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria:; El 13 de diciembre de 2010, la Secretaría de Economía de México publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (un Aviso de prórroga, para fines de verificación y vigilancia, de la aplicación de la NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitar
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.3
Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria:; El 26 de octubre de 2010, la Secretaría de Economía de México publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (la resolución por la que se modifican, eliminan y adicionan numerales a la NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria, publicada
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.2
Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria:; El 5 de abril de 2010, la Secretaría de Economía de México publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (la Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria, publicado el 26 de agosto de 2009.; Cualquier comentario diri
AddendumG/TBT/N/MEX/178/Add.1
Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria:; El 19 de marzo de 2010, la Secretaría de Economía de México publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación (las respuestas a los comentarios recibidos al Proyecto de Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY-NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2009, Especificaciones generales de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados-Información comercial y sanitaria,
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/MEX/178
Comment deadline: Closed on 2 November 2009
Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY NOM 051 SCFI/SSA1 2009: General specifications for the labelling of pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages Commercial and health information (17 pages, in Spanish).
The notified preliminary draft Mexican Official Standard establishes the commercial and health information required to be displayed on the labels of locally produced or imported pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages, and determines the characteristics of such information. The Standard applies to all locally produced or imported pre packaged food and non alcoholic beverages intended for consumers in national territory.
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