The Regulatory, Control and Surveillance National Agency (ARCSA in Spanish) has published Partial reform of the substitute technical sanitary regulations for processed foods, processing plants, distribution, commercialization and transportation establishments of processed foods and collective food. Published in Official Gazette No. 234 of January 20, 2023.
Day: 23/11/2023
Mexico – Senate approves the Adequate and Sustainable Food Bill
The Senate approved a bill to enact the General Law on Adequate and Sustainable Food, which establishes the bases for the promotion, protection, respect and guarantee of the right to food.
The draft decree was approved, in general, with 98 votes in favor; and 95 votes in particular, so it was sent to the Chamber of Deputies for its corresponding procedure.
The Law prioritizes the rights to health, the environment, water, as well as the best interest of children, in the policies related to adequate food designed by the Mexican State.
The document defines adequate food as the consumption of nutritious, sufficient and quality food, which satisfies the physiological needs of a person at each stage of their life cycle, according to their cultural context and to enable their integral development and a dignified life.
Brazil – ANVISA amends the lists of plant parts authorized for the preparation of teas and for use as spices
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Normative Instruction – IN No. 262/2023, which amends Normative Instruction – IN No. 159/2022, which establishes the lists of plant parts authorized for the preparation of teas and for use as spices.
Chile – Ministry of Health publishes Manual of graphic standards for warning messages and graphics and energy value of alcoholic beverages
The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security, informs that in virtue of the obligations of the of implementation of Decree No. 98/2023, the Ministry of Health has published the Manual of Graphic Standards for Messages and Warning and Energy Value Graphic Standards for Warning Messages and Graphics and Energy Value of Alcoholic Beverages according to the Regulation on the Regulation on Consumer Information and Advertising of Alcoholic Beverages. alcoholic beverages.
All beverages with an alcoholic content equal to or greater than 0.5° that are intended to be marketed in Chile must have a clear, precise, visible and easily legible warning on the container that contains it about the consequences of its harmful consumption.
Mexico – Senate regulates food distribution in schools
The Senate approved a resolution establishing guidelines to regulate the preparation, distribution and sale of processed and bulk food and beverages in basic education institutions.
The proposal, approved unanimously by 81 votes, highlights the monitoring of the nutritional criteria determined by the Ministry of Health, as well as their updating every five years. These include the principles of sustainability, progressiveness, absence of conflict of interest and guarantee of the best interest of children.
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