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MERCOSUR and Front-of-Pack Labeling: Legal Arguments to Preserve Argentina’s Protection Standards

The Healthy Eating Promotion Law is currently at risk due to the MERCOSUR front-of-pack labeling harmonization process, which threatens to weaken the protection standards achieved in Argentina. This document provides concrete legal tools and arguments for those defending the human rights to health and adequate food. The analysis reviews the constitutional and international principles that require the Argentine State to uphold the current level of protection and examines the compatibility of the octagonal warning label system with international trade law. A technical resource to challenge, on every level, any regulatory rollback

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