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”.
