Day: 03/07/2024

ARCSA publishes draft amendment on partial sanitary technical regulation for processed foods

/ infoAlimentario

The National Agency for Regulation, Control and Sanitary Surveillance (ARCSA in Spanish) has published a draft Partial Amendment to RESOLUTION-ARCSA-DE-2022-016-AKRG on partial sanitary technical regulations for processed foods, processing plants, distribution, commercialization and transportation establishments of processed foods and collective food.
Incorporated in the draft amendment:

  • New definitions (dairy chain, heavy metals, etcs.).
  • Processed foods such as milk, milk derivatives and dairy by-products.
  • Sanitary Notification Certificate or GMP Certificate.

BORRADOR-REFORMA-PARCIAL-RESOLUCION-ARCSA-DE-2022-016-AKRGDownload

Ecuador – ARCSA publishes draft External Instructions on Simplified Process for Obtaining the Sanitary Notification Certificate for Processed Foods in Coordinations

/ infoAlimentario

ARCSA publishes draft External Instructions on the Simplified Process for Obtaining the Sanitary Notification Certificate for processed foods in Coordination Centers.
The objective of the instructions is to describe to external users, the guidelines for the process of obtaining the simplified sanitary notification of processed foods, providing personalized technical assistance through the Zonal Coordination Offices of ARCSA; so that entrepreneurs can boost the development of their economy, positioning their products in the main markets nationwide, and regularize the process of surveillance and subsequent sanitary control.

24.05.30_IE-B.3.1.1-ALI-01_NS-SIMPLIFICADA-DE-ALIMENTOS_V3.0-CPDownload

Chile – Public Consultation Project for the modification of the Food Health Regulations to include mandatory messages on sweeteners

/ infoAlimentario

The Ministry of Health has published a Public Consultation Project for the modification of the Sanitary Regulation of Foods to include a mandatory message on the label of those products that contain sweeteners, a legend “CONTAINS SWEETENERS. AVOID CONSUMPTION BY CHILDREN”.

Art 120 ter:
Food products that contain among their ingredients sweeteners regulated in article 146 of this regulation, either directly or through other ingredients that contain them, must label on the front of their packaging the following legend: “CONTAINS SWEETENERS. AVOID CONSUMPTION BY CHILDREN”

Texto-Consulta-Publica-Art-120-terDownload

Article – Communication of nutritional information: evaluation of the level of understanding of food labeling by the Venezuelan consumer

/ infoAlimentario

Introduction: helping consumers to know what they eat represents a communication challenge. Objectives: to evaluate the level of understanding of the information contained in a nutritional label in Venezuelan adult consumers, and their eventual ability to extrapolate said data in making purchase decisions related to a balanced and healthy diet. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study in which 377 people participated through a questionnaire with eight open questions, focused on the general use and perception of nutritional labeling, as well as the ability to interpret the information contained therein. Results: The 77.45% of the sample valued finding the nutritional information on the packaging of a product as very important. Middle-aged women read the nutritional information the most. In general, the performances on the understanding of the information of the nutritional table were very poor, and the only demographic variable studied strongly associated with its understanding was the educational level of the participants. Conclusions: a high percentage of people are unable to understand nutrition labeling information, representing a challenge for the evolution to more efficient labeling systems and consumer nutrition literacy programs.

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

7710-Texto del artículo-16399-1-10-20240625Dowload

Chile – New regulation resolving interpretation for alcohol labeling is now law

/ infoAlimentario

The regulation that resolves the interpretation for the new obligation of alcohol labeling is ready to be enacted as of July 7. This, after the Senate Chamber unanimously approved the initiative that exempts from the obligation to label in a clear, precise and visible way the health warnings for the consumption of alcoholic beverages and whose products were marketed before the effective date of the rule that modifies Law No. 21,363.

This, in order to solve the legal void that occurred with those products that had already been marketed and distributed, making it impracticable for producers to comply with the labeling provision.

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

Screenshot