RFI interviewed Rafael Urrialde, professor at the Faculty of Biological Sciences of the Complutense University of Madrid and expert in food safety, on the reluctance of some European countries, especially Italy, to generalize the labeling of food products as is already done in several Latin American countries following the Chilean model.
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has just published the first edition of the document Questions and Answers on Composition and Labeling of Foods Containing Whole Grains.
The publication is a non-regulatory tool, intended to clarify frequent doubts about the new regulation on the subject, i.e., the Resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) 712/2022, which provides on the compositional and labeling requirements for foods containing cereals. and pseudocereals for their classification and identification as whole grains and to highlight the presence of whole grain ingredients.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA in Portuguese) published Ordinance No. 724 which brings the new Technical Regulation of Identity and Quality for hamburgers produced in establishments dependent on the Federal Inspection Service (SIF), such as meat packing plants. The establishments will have a period of one year to adapt to the standards.
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Secretariat of Health Quality published Joint Resolution 14/2022 amending the Argentine Food Code (CAA in Spanish) in Articles 1211, 1215, 1226, 1231, 1233, 1234, 1237, 1242 of Chapter XVI referring to spices (Oregano, Marjoram, White Pepper, Black Pepper, Thyme).
The extension approved by the Ministry of Health (Minsa) for processed foods and beverages to use adhesive octagons on their packaging, within the framework of the Healthy Food Law (Law No. 30021), expires on December 31.
After that date, it would be forbidden for companies to place sticker octagons on imported food packaging. In this regard, the Peruvian Association of Consumers and Users (ASPEC in Spanish) urged the Government not to continue authorizing the placement of octagons by means of unsafe stickers on the labels of packaged foods.
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