The E-Government and Information and Knowledge Society Agency has published for public consultation “Draft Resolution Nº 05/24, prepared within the scope of the Food Commission (CA) of the MERCOSUR Working Subgroup Nº 3 ‘Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment’ (SGT Nº 3), which introduces amendments to Resolution GMC Nº 25/02 regarding the maximum limits of admissible aflatoxins in milk, peanuts and corn”.
he document submitted for public consultation replaces item 3 of the Annex to Resolution GMC Nº 25/02, modifying the maximum limits applicable to aflatoxins in the case of peanuts and corn, based on the revision of these thresholds in the Codex Alimentarius.
Month: March 2025
Uruguay – Public consultation on Draft Resolution No. 03/23 “Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment” (SGT No. 3) of MERCOSUR, which introduces amendments to GMC Resolutions No. 53/98, 54/98, 07/06 and 08/06 on food additives
The E-Government and Information and Knowledge Society Agency has published for public consultation Draft Resolution No. 03/23 Revision 1, prepared within the scope of the Food Commission (CA) of the MERCOSUR Working Subgroup No. 3 “Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment” (SGT No. 3), which introduces amendments to GMC Resolutions No. 53/98, 54/98, 07/06 and 08/06 on food additives.
The document submitted for public consultation includes beta-carotene from Blakeslea trispora, INS 160a(iii), with coloring function and certain maximum concentration limits, as a food additive for food categories 3. Edible ice cream, 5. Jams (Candies, Tablets, Confectionery, Chewing Gums, Nougats, Cocoa and Cocoa Products, Chocolates, Bonbons, Filled Baths and other Similar Products), 13. The allocation of additives and their maximum concentrations for these food categories are regulated by GMC Resolutions Nº 53/98, 54/98, 07/06 and 08/06 respectively.
Uruguay – Public Consultation MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on Food Grade Recycled Postconsumer Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Packaging (Food Grade PET-PCR) intended to be in Contact with Food
The Agency for Electronic Administration and the Information and Knowledge Society has published for public consultation the “MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on Food Grade Recycled Postconsumer Food Grade Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Containers (Food Grade PET-PCR) intended to be in Contact with Food”.
The document submitted for public consultation regulates the use of food-grade recycled post-consumer PET containers (food-grade PET-PCR) intended to be in contact with food, based on studies that support new post-consumer PET recycling technologies.
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