Regulation of Alcohol
Partial compliance.
Mexico has a robust national sanitary framework regulating alcoholic beverages. The General Health Law, NOM-142-SSA1/SCFI-2014, and the Sanitary Control Regulation establish binding rules on sanitary control, labeling, composition, warnings, production, commercialization, and surveillance. COFEPRIS provides recent institutional evidence of technical implementation and operational authority over labeling and sanitary control.
However, the available evidence does not demonstrate homogeneous enforcement, systematic inspection outcomes, or effective compliance across federal entities. It also does not fully demonstrate advanced policies on pricing, availability, advertising, drink-driving prevention, or territorial enforcement according to WHO’s SAFER package. Subnational probatory gaps remain in Mexico City, Puebla, Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Therefore, Mexico shows solid sanitary regulation, but not full compliance under RC2 standards.
Sources (7): the documents that support the traffic light
- Cámara de Diputados del H. Congreso de la Unión. (2026). Ley General de Salud (Legislation · 2009)
- Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios. (2024). Guía de etiquetado de bebidas alcohólicas (Regulation or programme)
- Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios. (2025). Bebidas alcohólicas (Regulation or programme)
- Consejo de Salubridad General. (2014). Acuerdo que establece las medidas para la venta y producción de alcohol etílico y metanol (Legislation)
- Presidencia de la República. (1999). Reglamento de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios (Legislation)
- Secretaría de Salud. (2015). NOM-142-SSA1/SCFI-2014, Bebidas alcohólicas. Especificaciones sanitarias. Etiquetado sanitario y comercial (Regulation or programme)
- World Health Organization. (2019). The SAFER technical package (Regulation or programme)
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