Mexico became the second Latin American nation to pass a Federal Consumer Protection Law, on February 5, 1976, and later became the first to create an Office for the Prosecutor.

[1] The most recent reform of this federal law was signed by the Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto at the beginning of 2018.

[2] PROFECO works together with other organizations like CPSC (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission) from the United States.

[3] In February 2018, the representatives of these three organizations met in the U.S. to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

With this agreement these three countries compromised to ensure the quality of imported products for south and North American consumers.