By means of Directorial Resolution No. 000012-2025-INACAL/DN, the National Institute of Quality (INACAL in Spanish) has approved a series of Peruvian Technical Standards in its 2025 version, on food additives:
Within the framework of the WHO’s Acceleration Plan for the Prevention of Obesity, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) facilitated spaces for dialogue and accompanied technical experts and key actors from various government sectors, international cooperation agencies and civil society in the search for consensus and actions to help strengthen regulatory policies that promote healthy eating in Peru.
Regarding Peruvian legislation, in 2013, Law No. 30021 on the promotion of healthy eating for children and adolescents (NNA) came into force, which includes the supervision of advertising, information and other practices related to food aimed at children and adolescents, to reduce and eliminate diseases related to overweight, obesity and other non-communicable diseases. However, in 2021 the Supreme Court declared that the technical parameters of the regulation of this law do not comply with WHO standards and ordered the Executive Branch to modify it. It also annulled the provision that exempted products such as breast milk substitutes, which must include advertising warnings.
Faced with these needs for action in governance for the good of children, PAHO has been accompanying the efforts of various sectors of the country to put on the agenda the revision of the regulation and thus have a stronger law, which reaches the regulation of labeling of infant formulas and proposes improvements for proper infant nutrition.
Judge Cristiano Zanin of the Federal Supreme Court (STF in Portuguese) has called for a public hearing to discuss the regulations governing the advertising of food and medications deemed harmful to health. This hearing is scheduled for August 26, 2025, starting at 10:00 AM, in the First Chamber’s Session Room of the STF.
The subject is the focus of Direct Action of Unconstitutionality (ADI in Portuguese) 7788, filed by the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (ABERT in Portuguese) against regulations set forth by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) that govern this matter.
ABERT contends that ANVISA’s resolutions regarding advertising, information, and other commercial dissemination and promotion practices for food and medications impose restrictions on advertising that could only be established through federal law. The organization further argues that this measure is disproportionate and undermines economic freedom because, rather than informing consumers, it would hinder the advertising of these products.
In the citation, the minister explained that the public hearing will allow for the participation of experts and representatives from public authorities and civil society, aiming to provide the Supreme Court with specialized knowledge, technical clarifications, and diverse perspectives, focusing on the analysis of the action.
According to the minister, “the law will allow for a deeper exploration of the consumer’s right to information and the limits on imposing restrictions on the advertising of potentially harmful medications and foods to public health.”
The Capixaba Institute of Research, Technical Assistance, and Rural Extension (INCAPER in Portuguese) has released the updated version of the brochure “Food Labeling: A Guide for Creating Labels for Family Agriculture Products.” This publication, originally issued in 2017, has undergone content updates, particularly with necessary adjustments in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese).
Recent significant changes in regulations, implemented by ANVISA, came into effect on October 9 of last year for family farmers, individual micro-entrepreneurs (MEI), and small agricultural enterprises. The modifications in the document pertain to specific content issues to align with the new regulations: the updating of legislative references and the inclusion of guidelines for the development of front packaging labeling, as well as alterations in the presentation of the nutritional information table.
Target Audience: In addition to producers and entrepreneurs directly responsible for food labeling, the publication serves a variety of segments and professionals, such as rural extension agents, food technicians and consultants; state and municipal education secretariats involved in preparing the terms of reference for the National School Feeding Program (PNAE in Portuguese); teachers and students of technical, undergraduate, and graduate courses; health surveillance and inspection professionals; sectors of public agencies responsible for drafting terms of reference for the procurement of food products; and others, including those from outside the state.
By means of Joint Resolution 38/2025 of the Secretariat of Health Management and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Article 1363 of the Argentine Food Code on Fortified Foods is amended.
ARTICLE 1.- Article 1363 of the Argentine Food Code is hereby replaced and shall be worded as follows: “Article 1363: Fortified Foods are those foods in which the proportion of proteins and/or amino acids and/or vitamins and/or mineral substances and/or essential fatty acids is higher than the average natural content of the current food, because it has been significantly supplemented.
The portion of the fortified food shall provide between:
1) 20% to 50% for fat-soluble vitamins and minerals.
2) 20% to 100% for water-soluble vitamins
of the Daily Requirements established as Daily Reference Values (DRV) for mandatory declaration of nutrients and Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for voluntary declaration of nutrients: vitamins and minerals or those established in the tables mentioned in Article 1387 when it is a food for specific population groups not contemplated by GMC Resolution No. 46/03.
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