Day: 01/07/2025

Peru – DIGESA confirms the mandatory declaration of Tartrazine SIN 102 in food labeling and urges companies to replace it with other additives

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The Ministry of Health- MINSA, through the General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (DIGESA in Spanish), communicates (COMMUNICATION N° 006-2025-DIGESA/MINSA) to manufacturers of industrially processed foods that use the additive Tartrazine SIN 102 the following:

1. In the framework of the sentence issued by the Tenth Constitutional Court of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima (file N° 08388-2013-0-1801-JR-CI-10, confirmed by Resolution N° 07 of July 17, 2020 by the Third Civil Chamber of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima), any product that employs the additive in mention must declare on the labeling, at the end of the list of ingredients; in a specific, prominent, clear, visible and indubitable manner, in bold capital letters: “CONTAINS TARTRAZINE” and add the following phrase; “recommended use up to 7. 5 mg/kg b.w./day”.

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Peru – INACAL approves new Peruvian Technical Standards on foodstuffs

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The National Institute of Quality (INACAL in Spanish) through Directorial Resolution No. 011-2025-INACAL/DN approved a series of Peruvian Technical Standards (NTP in Spanish) related to food and materials in contact with food.

  1. NTP 399.024:2025. FLEXIBLE PACKAGING. Aluminum-polyethylene laminate. Requirements. 2nd Edition
    This standard is applicable to the packaging of food and pharmaceutical products.
    Use: Food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and chemical sectors.
  2. NTP-ISO 23318:2025. Milk, powdered dairy products, and cream. Determination of fat content. Gravimetric method. 1st Edition
    Specifies the method for determining the fat content of raw (cow, sheep, or goat), partially skimmed, skimmed, chemically preserved, and processed milk; powdered dairy products; and raw, processed, or soured cream. Use: Dairy industry, agribusiness, food industry, and quality control laboratories.
  3. NTP 202.194:2020/MT 1:2025 MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. Ripened Cheeses. Requirements. TECHNICAL MODIFICATION 1. 1st Edition
    Establishes the requirements that ripened cheeses must meet. Uses: dairy, agri-food, and food marketing industries.
  4. NTP 204.035:2025. FISH, SEAFOOD, AND DERIVED PRODUCTS. Fishmeal. 3rd Edition
    Establishes the classification and requirements for the different types of fishmeal. Uses: fishing, aquaculture, agro-industrial, and animal feed sectors.
  5. NTP 208.027:2025. COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 4th Edition.
    Establishes the method for determining water-soluble and water-insoluble ash in cocoa products, with the exception of cocoa butter. Uses: agro-industrial, chocolate, and food sectors, and quality control.
  6. NTP 011.451:2018/MT 1:2025 ANDEAN GRAINS. Quinoa flour. Requirements. Technical Amendment 1. 1st Edition.
    Specifies the requirements that quinoa flour must meet for marketing and/or industrial uses, intended for human consumption. Use: agroindustrial, food industry, export and processing of Andean grains.
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