Open AccessRestrictions on ultra-processed foods: challenge for compliance with World Trade Organization commitments
Author(s) -
Nicolás Cobo Romaní,
Fábio Lins de Lessa Carvalho
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
sequência
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2177-7055
pISSN - 0101-9562
DOI - 10.5007/2177-7055.2021.e83028
Subject(s) - overweight , business , quality (philosophy) , process (computing) , international trade , consumption (sociology) , world trade , compliance (psychology) , environmental health , marketing , public economics , international economics , risk analysis (engineering) , economics , obesity , computer science , medicine , psychology , social psychology , social science , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , operating system
The health problems, due to obesity and overweight (NCD), which cross the countries worldwide faces the challenge of applying different measures and restrictions, and at the same time raises the question whether these measures and restrictions are compatible with WTO and other commitments. Nowadays trade restrictions should not be justified based only on the industry process but rather in the ingredients and quality of those food contents, when the critical nutrients ingredients exceed a healthy threshold. The justification for the restrictive measures of the SPS agreement has been applied both in food labelling formats and in other formats, to address NDCs and whether similar restrictions can be applied to ultra-processed foods, such as those that have been applied in the past to the tobacco consumption, without breaking commitments.