Mozambique set to enforce Portuguese labelling on products

Mar 1, 2018

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Mozambique’s National Inspectorate of Economic Activities (INAE) has warned that from April 1st, all pre-packaged products in the country will be required to have Portuguese labelling. The move has potentially major implications for importers of products from South Africa.

According to Club of Mozambique, the Mozambican government will shortly ban the sale of pre-packaged products that do not have Portuguese labelling. The move, if enforced, could have major implications for importers of products from neighbouring South Africa. This potentially includes South African supermarket chains Shoprite, Spar and Massmart, and Botswana’s Choppies, which all have stores in Mozambique and rely on anglophone Southern African-sourced products.

However, for Southern African manufacturers and retailers (including Shoprite, but not Choppies, Spar or Massmart) already sending product into Angola, the move by Mozambique’s INAE follows a precedent: the Angolan government already requires labeling in Portuguese on all products imported and sold in the country.

INAE will also take action against basic products that do not follow government regulation on the fortification of foodstuffs. The regulation, which came into place in September 2017, calls for fortification of wheat flour, corn meal, cooking oil, sugar, and salt in order to combat chronic malnutrition.

 

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