G/TBT/N/CHL/657  
4 August  2023 
(23-5321) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud , MINSAL (Ministry of Health)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales , SUBREI - Ministerio de 
Relaciones Exteriores  (Under -Secretariat for International Economic Relations - Ministry 
of Foreign Affairs)  
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Mass 
media food a dvertising, for those products exceeding the critical nutrient limits 
determined by the Ministry of Health in Article 120 bis of the Food Health Regulations  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : PROYECTO DE 
MODIFICACIÓN QUE " DETERMINA CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL MENSAJE QUE PROMUEVE 
HÁBITOS DE VIDA SALUDABLE CONTENIDO EN LA PUBLICIDAD DE LOS ALIMENTOS"  
(Draft amendment determining the characteristics of the message promoting healthy 
lifestyle habits in food advertising) (11 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : Law No. 20.606 on the nutritional composition of foods and 
food advertising establishes the obligation to label processed foods with a high calorie, 
saturated fat, sugar and sodium content, based on the levels establish ed by MINSAL . This 
Law also provides for the incorporation of a message promoting healthy lifestyle habits in 
the advertising of certain foods . MINSAL Decree No. 1 of 2017 determines the 
characteristics of the message promoting healthy lifestyle habits in the advertising of the 
corresponding foods . This Decree has been in force since 1 1 June 2 018. The current 
message is as follows : "Prefiera Alimentos con menos sellos de advertencia, Ministerio de 
Salud, Gobierno de Chile" ("Choose foods with fewer warning labels, Ministry of Health, 
Government of Chile").  
Based on the evidence available on the conditions to be met by a message of this nature, 
a decision was made to assess this message, carrying out a scientific investigation and 
consultations with academic experts to determine the new characteristics of the message, 
taking into account the best evidence available.  G/TBT/N/CHL/657  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Mass media food advertising ; Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. MINSAL Decree No. 1 of 2017: 
https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1112219  
2. Food Health Regulations: 
https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=71271&idVersion=2021 -08-03&idParte=  
3. Law No. 20.606 on the nutritional composition of foods and food advertising: 
https://www.bcn.cl/leychile/navegar?idNorma=1041570  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - 
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2-2827 5491  
Fax: (+56)-2-2380 9494 
Email: tbt_chile@subrei.gob.cl  
https://www.minsal.cl/consultas -publicas -vigentes/  In the section entitled : "Consulta 
Pública propuesta de modificación del "Mensaje que promueve hábitos de vida saludable 
en la publicidad de los Alimentos" establecidos en el decreto N°1/2017 del Ministerio de 
Salud" ("Public consul tations on the draft amendment of the message promoting healthy 
lifestyle habits in food advertising , established in Decree No. 1/2017 of the Ministry of 
Health")  
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