Month: July 2023

Ecuador – Draft External Instructions: request for the certificate of requirement or not of the Sanitary Registry/Sanitary Notification /Mandatory Sanitary Notification

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Update of the instructions in accordance with Resolution ARCSA-DE-2022-001-JPFJ issuing the Technical Sanitary Regulations for obtaining the certificate of requirement or not of sanitary registration, sanitary notification or mandatory sanitary notification of products for human use and consumption subject to control and surveillance. products for human use and consumption subject to control and surveillance by the National of the National Agency of Regulation, Control and Sanitary Surveillance – ARCSA, Dr. Leopoldo ARCSA, Doctor Leopoldo Izquieta Pérez.

Definitions update

For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

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Canada – Canadian Food Inspection Agency launches consultation on origin labelling of imported foods from a contested territory

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Consumers are increasingly knowledgeable about food labels, and labelling is one of the most important and direct ways for the industry to share information. All food sold in Canada must be properly labelled in a way that is not false or misleading, including origin indications.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has launched a consultation with consumers and other interested stakeholders to obtain feedback on how to label the origin of imported food from contested territories. For the purpose of this consultation, a contested territory means an area outside of Canada that is subject to competing claims of control by third parties.

For further information, you can access the original source in English

Brazil – Draft Technical Regulations on Identity and Quality for Frozen Fish, Frozen Fish in Brine and Frozen Fish in Brine for Canning

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA in Portuguese) published ORDINANCE SDA/MAPA No. 832/2033 that exposes to public consultation the Technical Regulation of Identity and Quality for frozen fish, frozen brine fish and frozen brine fish for canning.

For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

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Paraguay – Draft Technical Regulations for Processed Cereal-Based Foods for Infants and Young Children

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The Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare published the project that approves the TECHNICAL REGULATION FOR FOODS PROCESSED FROM CEREALS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN.
This Technical Regulation applies to cereal-based foods intended to complement the normal diet of children from 6 months to 36 months of age, taking into account individual nutritional needs, respecting their physiological maturity and neuropsychomotor development to feed infants and young children as part of a progressive and diversified diet.

For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

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Brazil – Draft Ordinance to establish minimum requirements for the identity and quality of analogous products of plant origin and labeling standards for these products

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The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA in Portuguese) published ORDINANCE SDA/MAPA No. 831/2033 that exposes to public consultation, for a period of 75 days, counted from the date of publication of this Ordinance, the project Ordinance to establish the minimum identity and quality requirements for similar plant products, rules of origin, visual identity and labeling of these products.

For further information, you can access the original source in Portuguese
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