Overview

• The SEP won five first-instance federal court rulings upholding its Lineamientos Generales that ban ultraprocessed foods and sugary drinks in schools.
• Legal challenges from a juice and sugary beverage bottler, two subsidiaries of a global soft drink producer, a chamber of commerce and a private university were all dismissed.
• A second higher-education institution withdrew its amparo, leaving no injunctions to block the policy in any educational establishments.
• The nutrition guidelines entered into force on March 29 under the Vive saludable, vive feliz initiative and the Nueva Escuela Mexicana framework.
• The measures aim to curb Mexico’s high childhood obesity rates by fostering lasting dietary and cultural changes through school and community education.