Caribbean Consumers Have The Right to Know

The goal of our campaign is to ensure that the voices of consumers are considered in the approval of the Final Draft CARICOM Regional Standard for Specification for labelling of pre-packaged food.

It is critical that consumers have a right to know what is in our food so that we can make informed decisions about the food we purchase for ourselves and our families especially during this time of COVID-19.
The current draft regulation includes octagonal warning labels, which a recent study shows is the most effective and simple tool to allow Caribbean people to quickly and correctly identify unhealthy ...

The goal of our campaign is to ensure that the voices of consumers are considered in the approval of the Final Draft CARICOM Regional Standard for Specification for labelling of pre-packaged food.

It is critical that consumers have a right to know what is in our food so that we can make informed decisions about the food we purchase for ourselves and our families especially during this time of COVID-19.
The current draft regulation includes octagonal warning labels, which a recent study shows is the most effective and simple tool to allow Caribbean people to quickly and correctly identify unhealthy products
This campaign is targeted at country level members of the committee, who are currently considering the regulations.

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Support for Front of Package Warning Labels

The goal of our campaign is to ensure that the voices of consumers are considered in the approval of the Final Draft CARICOM Regional Standard for Specification for labelling of pre-packaged food.

The current draft regulation includes octagonal warning labels, which a recent study shows is the most effective and simple tool to allow Caribbean people to quickly and correctly identify unhealthy products

This campaign is targeted at country level members of the committee, who are currently considering the regulations.

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As a consumer I would like to express my full support for the approval of the Final Draft CARICOM Regional Standard for Specification for labelling of pre-packaged foods (FDCRS 5:2010).

Far too many Caribbean people are living with obesity or a chronic noncommunicable disease, and Front of package warning labels (FOPWL) is one of a package of nutrition policies which are needed to create healthier food environments and support improved diets. I am pleased to see that the FDCRS 5:2010 includes the octagon-shaped front-of-package warning labels (FOPWL) indicating if a product is “HIGH IN” one or more critical nutrients (such as sugars, sodium, or fats), and the PAHO nutrient profile model (PAHO NPM) to establish the thresholds that define when these critical nutrients are in excess. The evidence including a recent study from Jamaica shows that that octagonal warning labels are the most effective and simple tool to allow Caribbean people to quickly and correctly identify unhealthy products. I believe consumers have a right to know what is in our food so that we can make informed decisions about the food we purchase for ourselves and our families especially during this time of COVID-19.

I look forward to a balanced and transparent stakeholder consultation process to arrive at our country's position on whether or not to approve the DRAFT standard for submission to the CROSQ Council. While my vote in support of FOPWL will not be officially counted as part of your consultation, I do hope that the voices of consumers will be considered in your deliberations as the single most important stakeholder group which has the greatest to lose or gain from this process. I trust your consultations and final decision will be guided by the public health objective behind this standard and as such allow public health reasoning to prevail and lead to a resounding vote of support from our country.

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