Table 4.
Expectations and demands by stakeholder group in CONAMER public consultation of the NOM-051 modification project
| Academia (n = 98) % |
Health professionals (n = 23) % |
NGOs | Industry (n = 113) % |
Government (n = 9) % |
Individuals (n = 325) % |
Total (n = 637) % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PINGOs (n = 33) % |
BINGOs (n = 36) % |
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| Expectations | ||||||||
| Human rights | ||||||||
| The right to information would decrease | – | – | – | 8.7 | 17.8 | – | 6.7 | 11.7 |
| The right to legal certainty would decrease | – | – | – | 4.4 | 13.7 | – | 2.5 | 8.1 |
| Health and well-being | ||||||||
| Obesity and NCDs would decrease | 30.0 | 36.4 | 30.8 | 2.2 | – | – | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| Product reformulation would decrease | 10.0 | – | – | 30.4 | 2.5 | – | 15.0 | 8.7 |
| Eating habits would worsen | 3.3 | 18.2 | – | 13.0 | 17.4 | 25.0 | 19.2 | 16.2 |
| Eating habits would improve | 46.7 | 45.5 | 38.5 | – | – | – | 9.2 | 7.5 |
| Economy | ||||||||
| Employment would decrease | – | – | – | 2.2 | 19.1 | 25.0 | 10.0 | 13.0 |
| Revenues and profits would decrease | – | – | – | 15.2 | 27.0 | 25.0 | 15.8 | 19.8 |
| Impact on commercial relations | – | – | – | 8.7 | 0.4 | – | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| Other not defined | 10.0 | – | 30.8 | 17.4 | 2.1 | 25.0 | 11.7 | 7.0 |
| Demands | ||||||||
| Technical changes to the NOM-051 modification project | ||||||||
| Maintain the sections of: | ||||||||
| Endorsements | 6.2 | 8.2 | 11.1 | – | – | 4.2 | 1.9 | 4.1 |
| Nutrient content claims | 7.6 | 6.1 | 9.7 | 0.8 | – | – | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| Warning caption | 4.1 | 4.1 | 6.9 | – | 0.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.6 |
| Portions | 8.3 | 8.2 | 5.6 | – | – | – | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| Advertising | 15.2 | 8.2 | 14.6 | – | – | 4.2 | 9.8 | 8.6 |
| Cutoff points for nutritional criteria | 4.8 | 8.2 | 9.7 | – | – | – | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| Warning labels | 21.4 | 10.2 | 14.6 | – | – | 8.3 | 13.6 | 11.0 |
| Nutrition facts label | 10.3 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 5.2 |
| Other not defined | 1.4 | 6.1 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Delete or modify the sections of: | ||||||||
| Endorsements, nutrition content claims and warning caption | 2.1 | – | 4.2 | 13.1 | 9.5 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 5.2 |
| Portions | 0.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 0.9 | – | 6.4 | 3.1 |
| Advertising | – | – | 0.7 | 7.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
| Cutoff points for nutritional criteria | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 5.7 | 7.8 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
| Warning labels | 2.8 | 2.0 | – | 13.1 | 5.2 | 12.5 | 9.4 | 6.4 |
| Nutrition facts label | 4.1 | 4.1 | – | 6.6 | 3.5 | 8.3 | 1.9 | 3.1 |
| Modification of terms, definitions and numbering | 2.8 | – | 3.5 | 8.2 | 3.5 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Longer implementation times | 0.7 | 2.0 | – | 7.4 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 3.6 |
| Education and campaigns | 2.1 | 6.1 | 2.8 | 9.0 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 |
| Revision of the NOM-051 modification project | – | – | – | 10.7 | 46.6 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 10.1 |
| Other not defined | 4.1 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
CONAMER: National Commission for Regulatory Improvement; NOM: Official Mexican Standard; NGO: nongovernmental organization; PINGO: public interest nongovernmental organization; BINGO: business interest nongovernmental organization; NCDs: noncommunicable diseases