The senator of the National Party (PN), Sebastián Da Silva, is promoting a bill that seeks to prohibit the manufacture, commercialization and/or importation of synthetic meat (artificially created in a laboratory) in Uruguay.
The bill, entitled “Denomination and labeling of products of vegetable origin with names associated with other industries / commercialization of artificially produced food products”, seeks to “make transparent” the true composition of “artificial meat” to consumers.
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) modified the manual of advertising warnings that regulates the consignment of the so-called octagons in certain processed foods, through Supreme Decree No. 017-2023-SA.
The amendment (SUPREME DECREE No. 017-2023-SA) establishes that it will be allowed to permanently place advertising warnings on the packaging of products by means of stickers or indelible printing in the case of imported products or micro and small companies.
Stickers must be difficult to remove, indelible, resistant to low or high temperatures depending on their use and of good adherence to the type of surface used, permanent and not cover information for the consumer.
The International Technical Cooperation Project between Anvisa and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) selects a consultant, for a limited time.
Those selected will support the Agency in the characterization of the main gaps and barriers in the current Brazilian legislation that prevent the population from accessing food to meet the needs of individuals with special metabolic and physiological conditions.
National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) published Provision 4830/2023 by which the amounts of the fees for procedures related to food products, dietary supplements, food for specific medical purposes, establishments, packaging, import/export, laboratory analysis, authentications and federal network of laboratories are updated, according to the detail that, as Annex IF-2023-74581826-APN-DGA#ANMAT is an integral part of this provision.
This List of Permitted Food Enzymes sets out the authorized food enzymes that are capable of catalyzing a chemical reaction and that are used as a food additive. It is incorporated by reference in the Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Food Enzymes.
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