Argentina: Call for Proposals for the promotion of healthy and nutritious food

20/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

At a meeting held at the Argentine Foreign Ministry, the call for the Promotion of Healthy and Nutritious Food of the National Agency for the Promotion of Research, Technological Development and Innovation was presented.
The initiative seeks to promote the development of additives, ingredients, foods, new packaging, techniques and production processes that make feasible the availability of foods with nutritional profiles of healthy food. In addition, it promotes the sustainability of food companies and the care of health and the environment. The call has a funding per project of between 45 and 75 million pesos, totaling an investment of 1,800 million pesos.

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Spain: Inclusive labeling for the visually impaired developed

20/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has created an inclusive labeling for visually impaired people, which will be possible thanks to the reform of the General Law for the Defense of Consumers and Users, as reported by the Ministry.
In principle, it will apply to packaged general consumption products, such as meat, fish, eggs, milk, coffee or canned food, and to potential or clearly dangerous products, such as hygiene products, fertilizers, pesticides, glues, lighters and matches or gas cylinders.

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Peru: Project to update technical parameters on sugar, sodium and saturated fat content in processed foods

20/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

Publication of the draft Supreme Decree that updates the technical parameters on processed foods regarding sugar, sodium and saturated fat content, and amends the Regulations of Law No. 30021, Law on the Promotion of Healthy Eating for Children and Adolescents, approved by Supreme Decree No. 017-2017-SA, as well as its explanatory memorandum, in the digital headquarters of the Ministry of Health, for a period of ninety (90) calendar days, counted from the day following the publication of this Ministerial Resolution in the Official Gazette El Peruano.

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Brazil: ANVISA publishes RDC Resolution No. 725 on flavoring additives

20/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portiguese) published a regulation concerning flavorings.

This Resolution does not apply to:

I – substances that impart exclusively sweet, salty or sour taste;

II – substances and foods with odoriferous or aromatic properties consumed without processing, with or without reconstitution; and

III – materials of vegetable or animal origin possessing intrinsic flavoring properties, when they are not used exclusively as a source of flavors.

RESOLUÇÃO – RDC Nº 725, DE 1° DE JULHO DE 2022 – RESOLUÇÃO – RDC Nº 725, DE 1° DE JULHO DE 2022 – DOU – Imprensa Nacional Descarga

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Brazil: ANVISA publishes RDC Resolution No. 728 on enzymes and enzyme preparations

20/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) published a regulation concerning enzymes.

This resolution is about enzymes and enzymatic preparations for use as technological adjuvants in the production of food intended for human consumption.

This Resolution does not apply to enzymes and enzyme preparations intended for use as components of food supplements.