The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) announced an update in food import and export procedures (Provision 537/2025), which will now be managed through the National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) and the TAD digital platform.
The changes to the Argentine Food Code through Decree 35/25, aims to streamline both the entry of foreign food products and the export of domestic food. The measure establishes a simplified system for imports from certain countries and relaxes the requirements for the exit of domestic products.
Products from countries with high sanitary control standards, such as the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and the European Union, may be marketed in Argentina with a sworn declaration and the “Import Notice”. For the rest of the countries, the procedure will include registrations in the Federal Food Management System (SIFEGA in Spanish) and the approval of the National Register of Establishments (RNE in Spanish) and the National Register of Food Products (RNPA in Spanish).
Month: March 2025
Mexico – IMSS updates Guidelines on healthy eating for children
The Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS in Spanish) has updated two didactic materials on nutrition that provide useful information on actions aimed at promoting health, preventing, detecting and controlling chronic diseases in a timely manner, as well as improving nutrition and forming healthy habits.
The guide also details the benefits of daily physical activity, recommendations for starting an exercise program, the three phases to avoid injuries and muscle pain, as well as an eight-week exercise program.
Brazil – ANVISA publishes 7th edition of the Guide to Questions and Answers on Food Additives and Adjuvant Technology
Two questions were included in the 7th edition (in Portuguese), one on the designation of phosphates in the list of ingredients (question 32) and the other on the form of expression of the limit of paprika extract in processed or processed cheeses (question 81).
Mexico – Secretary of Economy publishes AGREEMENT that leaves without effect the application of various provisions on genetically modified corn
Through the February 5, 2025 agreement published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF), the Government repealed the Decree that prohibited the use of transgenic corn for human consumption, thus complying with the ruling issued by a panel of the Treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada (T-MEC). The Ministry of Economy confirmed that it repeals the provision established on February 13, 2023, which prohibited authorizing the use of genetically modified corn for human consumption. The controversial measure was adopted after the Mexican government decided to impose restrictions on transgenic corn, which led the United States to request the intervention of a panel under the T-MEC in August 2023. The US government argued that the ban was not supported by scientific evidence showing that genetically modified corn posed a risk to human health.
Brazil – 1st DICOL Public Meeting of 2025, reviews the topic of substances in contact with food
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) announced the holding of the 1st Public Meeting of the Collegiate Council (DICOL) of 2025 where the RDC proposal to modify the positive list of monomers, other starting substances and polymers authorized for the production of plastic containers and equipment in contact with food, published by RDC 56/2012, was reviewed. The subject is part of the Regulatory Agenda 2024-2025. According to the acting CEO, the proposal does not contain any legal irregularities. Materials in contact with food, such as plastics, metals, cellulose and glass, are present in stages of transport or consumption, for example. In this sense, it is up to the Agency to act in the definition of the sanitary requirements and the evaluation of the safety of the substances used, in order to avoid the migration of substances to the food in quantities that pose a risk to the health of consumers or that produce unacceptable changes in its composition or sensory characteristics. These substances are therefore limited to those defined by Anvisa, with specific composition and migration limits, an approach that helps in risk management. The article was approved unanimously.
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