The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Spanish) published the modification of Normative Instruction (IN) 88, dated March 26, 2021, which establishes the Maximum Tolerable Limit (MRL) of contaminants for food. The change is limited to the increase of the MRL for metallic copper established for the category “Chestnuts, including walnuts, pistachios, hazelnuts, macadamia nuts and almonds”, from 10 mg/kg to 30 mg/kg.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/673 of 22 April 2022 authorising the placing on the market of mung bean (Vigna radiata) protein as a novel food under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/672 of 22 April 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the specifications of the novel food trans-resveratrol.
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/684 of 28 April 2022 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 as regards the conditions of use of the novel food galacto-oligosaccharide
The Ministry of Health opened a public call to begin a study, with the “best available evidence”, to identify what type of front warning seal a package with high levels of sodium, sugars or saturated fats should have.
The tender is titled “Front labeling process” and requests the evaluation of the best available evidence to establish shapes, color, size, legends and location of the front warning labeling for processed products in Colombia. In the study, two reports must be submitted: the first one, 15 days after the bid is submitted, on how the study will be carried out; the second one, the complete results by July 17, 2022.
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