Draft Resolution Nº 01/25, prepared within the scope of the Food Commission (CA) of MERCOSUR’s Working Subgroup Nº 3 “Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment” (SGT Nº 3), which introduces amendments to GMC Resolutions Nº 50/97, 53/98, 51/00, 08/06 and 09/07 on food additives, has been published for public consultation on the Digital Citizen Participation Platform.

The document submitted for public consultation proposes the inclusion of different additives, with their respective functions and concentration limits, in various food categories. On the one hand, rosemary extract, INS 392, is considered to have an antioxidant function in bakery and biscuit products, industrial culinary preparations, sauces and condiments, and cereals and cereal-based products. On the other hand, the additives tetrasodium diphosphate, INS 450(iii), and calcium sulfate, INS 516, with stabilizing and acidity regulating function, are proposed for inclusion in jams. The allocation of additives and their maximum concentrations for the aforementioned food categories are regulated by GMC Resolutions Nº 50/97, 53/98, 51/00, 08/06 and 09/07, whose modification is proposed in the document submitted for consultation.