Day: 06/09/2024

Argentina – Including hydrolyzed collagen as an authorized ingredient in food supplements

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The Secretariat for Health Quality and the Secretariat for Bioeconomy have published Joint Resolution 2/2024, which amends article 1417 of the Food Code to include hydrolyzed collagen as an ingredient authorized for use in foods and food supplements.

Hydrolyzed collagen is understood as the concentrated by-product, dried and subjected to hydrolysis processes such that it does not present gel-forming properties in aqueous solution; obtained from the following raw materials: cartilage, tendons, bones, pieces of leather, fascia, aponeurosis and fishery products. The product shall comply with the same requirements and processing conditions, as well as the residue limits of collagen defined in this article.

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Codex Alimentarius – Request for comments, at Step 3/4, on the draft Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud

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Codex Members and Observers are invited to submit comments at Step 3/4 on the draft Guidelines
on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud contained in the Appendix I of the document CX/FICS
24/27/5, and to also provide specific answers to the questions highlighted in the boxes under the
relevant sections of the Appendix.

The purpose is to provide guidance to competent authorities and FBOs on the prevention, detection,
mitigation, and control of food fraud to help protect the health of consumers, and to ensure fair practices
in food trade, including feed for food producing animals [that may impact human food safety].

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