Day: 28/04/2025

Brazil – ANVISA announces virtual sectoral dialogue on food allergen labeling revision

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) invites interested parties to participate in the virtual sectoral dialogue on the revision of allergenic food labeling, which will take place on April 29, Tuesday, from 14h30 to 17h00. Participation in the dialogue is open to all, without prior registration.

The meeting aims to present and discuss

  • The current Codex Alimentarius recommendations on the labeling of allergenic foods,
  • The requirements to be addressed in the process of revising health regulations.
  • The planning of the General Directorate of Food (GGALI) to carry out this intervention.

To support stakeholder participation in the sectoral dialogue, ANVISA developed a basic document on the revision of allergenic food labeling.

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Brasil – Proposed modification of the regulation on food supplements is under public consultation

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The National Health Surveillance Agency ( ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Public Consultation no. 1,325, dated 04/17/2025 on the proposed amendment of the Resolution of the Collegiate Council – RDC that amends RDC no. 243, dated July 26, 2018, which provides for the sanitary requirements for food supplements, RDC no. No. 839, of December 14, 2023, which provides for safety testing and authorization of use of novel foods and novel ingredients and Normative Instruction – IN No. 28, of July 26, 2018, which establishes the lists of constituents, limits of use, declarations and supplementary labeling of food supplements.

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Brasil – In consultation publishes regulations on the identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Public Consultation No 1324, dated 04/17/2025 – IN which establishes the identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food.
It is necessary to regulate the specifications of identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food, as part of item 3.8 of the Regulatory Agenda 2024/2025.

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Argentina – Modification of the Argentine Food Code regarding the denomination of brown bread or whole wheat bread

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Joint Resolution 19/2025 of the Secretariat of Health Management and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries amends Article 735 of the Argentine Food Code,

ARTICLE 1.- Article 735 of Chapter IX, Farinaceous Foods of the Argentine Food Code is hereby replaced and shall be worded as follows: “Article 735: With the denomination of Black Bread or Wholemeal Bread, it is understood the product whose content, of the total of flours, is at least 50% of the wholemeal type.
This product shall be labeled: Black bread or Whole wheat bread.”

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Costa Rica – Ministry of Health evaluates use of certain synthetic dyes in food products

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The Ministry of Health announced that it is evaluating the use of certain synthetic dyes in food products, in accordance with recent decisions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The Ministry of Health announced that it is evaluating the use of certain synthetic dyes in food products, in accordance with recent decisions of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Against this backdrop, the Ministry calls on the food industry to review its formulas and consider natural coloring alternatives, in line with international public health best practices. It also informs that a technical process of revision of the authorized colorants in Costa Rica will be initiated, taking as a reference the recommendations and findings of international organizations such as CODEX and regulatory authorities such as the FDA and the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority), among others.