Abstract

FERRANTE, Alfredo. Front-of-pack food labelling and legal iconography: An example of legal transplant and the new Latin American paradigm. Derecho [online]. 2021, n.87, pp.141-181. ISSN 0251-3420.  http://dx.doi.org/10.18800/derechopucp.202102.005.

This paper analyzes the front-of-pack food labelling, with particular attention to Chilean, Colombian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian regulations (also de lege ferenda regulations). The aim is to contribute to a better understanding and use a comparative methodology, in particular of the figure of the legal transplant. In that sense, a concrete example of operability (not necessarily achieved) of a transplant is provided. The work also shows that the analyzed legislations are far from European models and take Latin American standards as a reference, contributing to a paradigm shift in relation to the traditional influence of foreign regulations that is usually incorporated into Latin American national systems.

Keywords : Food labelling; front-of-pack labelling; comparative law; comparative methodology; legal transplant; formante; right to information; consumer.

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