The National Agricultural Council (CNA in Spanish) affirms that the update to commercial and sanitary regulations NOM-187, for wheat and corn derivatives, implies a double labeling for products regulated by NOM-51 with nutritional warning stamps, according to the industry.
This Regulation comes to prohibit the use in the EU of the food additive titanium dioxide (E171) in food, establishing a transitional period so that, until August 7, food produced in accordance with the applicable standards before February 7 from 2022 may continue to be marketed. After that date, they may remain on the market until their minimum duration or expiration date.
The deputies of the Health Commission of the National Assembly support the project of deputy Mayín Correa that eliminates and regulates the use of trans fats in industrial food production.
The National Sanitary Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Spanish) published a guide on Questions and Answers on vegetable oils and fats used in food. The publication clarifies frequent doubts about the new regulation on the matter, Resolution (RDC) 481/2021 and Normative Instruction (IN) 87/2021.
The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) published Standard Specification for Processed Foods, ketchup. This document stipulates general and detailed requirements not only for traditional ketchup made from tomato, but also for ketchup made from other fruits and vegetables. This standard is intended to apply to products labelled as “ketchup” made from tomato or from other fruits and/or vegetables, and offered for direct consumption. This standard is intended to be compulsory, consumer information, labelling.
Proposed date of adoption: 30 December 2022
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