Last week, the Mexican Ministry of Health passed an amendment to two main regulations governing labeling and advertising of food products and beverages. The amendment intends to (i) harmonize the Regulations with the new...more
Half of Mexico’s thirty-two states have been cleared by the federal government to fully reopen for business and social activities, a remarkable change from early February, when only four states were given the green light...more
Nearly all of Mexico’s central and northern states have been directed by the federal government to limit the number of people on-site for business and social activities to half their normal capacity in order to prevent the...more
As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads throughout Mexico, the federal government is directing more states to ramp up efforts to contain the virus, including directing Aguascalientes to allow only essential activities -...more
The COVID-19 Omicron variant is causing an increase in the rate of infection throughout Mexico (as elsewhere globally), resulting in the federal government’s decision to direct three of Mexico’s thirty-two states to take...more
The pandemic appears for the time being to be held in check in Mexico, as the majority of the adult population has been fully vaccinated. Social and business activities are open without restriction in 28 of the nation’s 32...more
The COVID-19 Omicron variant has resulted in a slight increase in the rate of infection in Mexico, but the federal government has deemed all of the nation’s 32 states safe to remain open for business, although with cautions...more
Five of Mexico’s 32 states - all in the north of the country - are currently operating in yellow status, with all work activities permitted and precautionary measures in place to prevent infection among high-risk individuals,...more
All but one of Mexico’s 32 states have been cleared by the federal government to open for business and social affairs without restrictions under the nation’s COVID-19 traffic light monitoring system - the largest number of...more
As Mexico enters the third wave of the pandemic amid a global resurgence of COVID-19, the federal government of Mexico has revised the criteria it uses to update its traffic light monitoring system to alert residents to the...more
During the pandemic, Mexico’s federal government has used a four-tiered biweekly traffic light monitoring system to alert residents to the epidemiological risks of COVID-19 and provide guidance on restrictions on certain...more
In June 2020, the government of Mexico instituted a four-tiered traffic light epidemiological monitoring system to track the COVID-19 pandemic and align COVID-19-related mandates and restrictions with the health risks present...more
Due to increased population mobility and the seasonal winter climate, the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico has worsened, prompting many states to issue hygiene measures to reduce the rate of infection and hospital occupancy rates....more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adjust restrictions “to regulate the use of public and private spaces” according to epidemiological risk, the federal government of Mexico established a bimonthly...more
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adjust restrictions according to epidemiological risk, the federal government of Mexico established a bimonthly traffic-light monitoring system aligned with health...more
Mexico's Ministry of Health released a document that establishes the most relevant health protection measures and occupational preventive measures that companies with more than 100 employees must implement as of June 1, 2020,...more
...Below are the new preventive measures issued by the Ministry of Health for the mitigation and control of the SARS-CoV2 pandemic (COVID-19). Ministry of Health - Resolution that modifies the agreement that establishes...more
The Minister of Health (Secretaría de Salud) on March 31, 2020, published in the Federal Official Gazette [Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF)] the “Acuerdo por el que se establecen acciones extraordinarias para atender la...more
Although medicinal use of cannabis has been technically “legal” in Mexico since 2017 by amendments to the General Health Law and the Federal Criminal Code, the Ministry of Health and COFEPRIS (Comisión Federal para la...more