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‘Faculty of Law endorses octagonal front of package warning labels as an effective and rights-compliant response to NCDs epidemic’
23/05/2021

The Faculty of Law, University of the West Indies is pleased to be among the 300 Caribbean health professionals and over 40 regional organisations that have publicly voiced support for octagonal front of package warning labels to help consumers across the region protect their health. Further details of the regional campaign surrounding the choice of a front of package labelling scheme to be adopted as a CARICOM regional standard can be found in the following news item from the Jamaica Observer newspaper:
https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Hundreds_of_Cbean_stakeholders_support_front-of-package_warning_labels?profile=1228