Mozambique: 70% of products sold in supermarkets have labels in Portuguese

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Mozambique: 70% of products sold in supermarkets have labels in Portuguese

6:01 CAT | 10 Jul 2024

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At least 70% of products sold in supermarkets in Mozambique have labelling in Portuguese, the result of a ban on importing and selling goods without information in the official language, the National Institute of Standardization and Quality (INOQ) has stated.

“We are working with the large importers, who are sending labels for correction to Innoq, and we are making progress,” the entity’s general director, Geraldo Albasini, told Notícias, Mozambique’s largest daily newspaper.

Albasini highlighted that, three years ago, only half the products sold in Mozambican supermarkets had information in Portuguese, leaving consumers unaware of the actual contents of the goods they were buying.

“There are situations in which people need to consume certain products depending on the ingredients indicated, and they need the percentages and nutritional information in their official language,” he explained.

The obligation to include the Portuguese language on product packaging was established by decree in 2006, but only recently have inspection actions by the authorities begun to impose them.

Source: Lusa