The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published the 3rd edition of the Questions and Answers Document on Enteral Nutrition Formulas. In this edition, updates were made related to the current legislation, with emphasis on the changes introduced by the new food regularization rules, the Resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) 843/2024 and the Normative Instruction (IN) 281/2024, in addition to other related ones.
Day: 05/11/2024
Colombia – New draft resolution on sanitary conditions for the use of CBD in food intended for human consumption
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection (MSPS in Spanish) has issued a draft resolution that would establish the sanitary conditions for the use of Cannabidiol (CBD) in food intended for human consumption in Colombia. The main objective of the draft resolution is to guarantee food safety, product traceability and regulate its commercialization in the country.
According to the initiative, the regulation would apply to all persons and companies involved in the production, processing, distribution, commercialization, import and export of foods containing CBD.
Foods for special medical purposes, energy drinks, caffeinated products, as well as products intended for minors, pregnant or lactating women, will be out of scope.
One of the main provisions establishes that the maximum concentration of CBD in food must not exceed 1 mg per 100 grams of food or 100 ml of beverage. In addition, all products must follow strict good manufacturing practices -GMP-, guaranteeing the safety and control of THC levels, which cannot exceed 0.2%.
Colombia – INVIMA extends date for approval of animal feed mills abroad wishing to export to Colombia
The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA in Spanish) and the National Institute of Food and Drug Surveillance (INVIMA in Spanish) agreed to extend the date for registration, renewal or modification of data of processing factories interested in exporting food of animal origin to Colombia, until next July 31, 2025.
The deadline is extended with the purpose of ensuring an organized transition in the framework of the implementation process of the provisions of Chapter V of Decree 2478 of 2018, related to the qualification of factories interested in exporting to Colombia foods of higher risk in public health of animal origin.
This process will be led by the ICA through the Health Information System for Import and Export of Agricultural and Livestock Products – SISPAP, and subsequently the Invima will be the entity in charge of attending the processes with international companies and will communicate in the agreed times, the transfer of these factories to the health authorities of each country.
Costa Rica – National Chamber of Retailers and Related Industries says “no” to front-end labeling bill
The National Chamber of Retailers and Related Products opposes the project that seeks the front labeling of foods high in fat, sodium or sugar.
In August of the previous year, Liberalists Andrea Álvarez and Monserrat Ruiz presented the bill “Front Labeling with Nutritional Warnings for Food Products and Beverages with Non-Alcoholic Content” (exp. 23.861).
Its purpose is to establish the obligation for products with high fat, sodium or sugar content to contain a black warning label on the front.
The bill has generated division both within the Legislative Assembly and in the productive sector, which has opposed the bill.
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