Day: 01/10/2025

Peru – INACAL has approved 26 Peruvian Technical Standards related to food for human consumption

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The National Institute of Quality (INACAL in Spanish) has approved 26 Peruvian technical standards related to food for human consumption through Directoral Resolution N 000020-2025-INACAL/DN.

1. NTP 100.106:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Propellants. This document establishes the definition and classification of food additives used as propellants.

2. NTP 209.703:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Sweeteners. This document establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as sweeteners.

3. NTP 209.705:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Emulsifiers. This document establishes the definition and classification of food additives used as emulsifiers.

4. NTP 209.706:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Stabilizers. This document establishes the definition and classification of food additives used as stabilizers.

5. NTP 209.707:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Antioxidants. This document establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as antioxidants.

6. NTP 209.708:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Flavor enhancers. This document establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as flavor enhancers.

7. NTP 209.709:2018 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Thickeners. This document establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as thickeners.

8. NTP 209.710:2014 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Gelling agents. This document establishes the definitions of food additives used as gelling agents.

9. NTP 209.711:2014 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Inert substances. This document establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as inert substances.

10. NTP 209.712:2014 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Volume increasers. This document establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as volume increasers.

11. NTP 209.713:2014 (revised in 2025) Food additives. Flour treatment agents. This standard establishes the definitions and classification of food additives used as flour treatment agents.

12. NTP 209.100:1976 (revised in 2025) Spices and condiments. Pickles. This standard sets forth the requirements for pickles intended for direct consumption.

13. NTP 209.122:1976 (revised in 2025) Spices and condiments. Prepared garlic. This standard establishes the terminology, classification, and requirements for prepared garlic intended for human consumption.

14. NTP 209.109:1976 (revised in 2025) Spices and condiments. Pickle pickles. This standard sets the requirements for pickle pickles. It is applicable to the product known as pickle pickles intended for direct consumption.

15. NTP 209.034:1991 (revised in 2025) Spices and condiments. Prepared mustard. This standard establishes the requirements for prepared mustard.

16. NTP 209.229:1985 (revised in 2025) Coca in filter bags (mate). This standard defines the requirements for coca in filter bags.

17. NTP 209.223:1984 (revised in 2025) Spices and condiments. This standard establishes the requirements that must be met by seasonings.

18. NTP 209.056:1980 (revised in 2025) Edible oils and fats. This standard establishes the method for determining ash content in animal fats, vegetable oils, and marine oils.

19. NTP 209.007:1968 (revised in 2025) Edible oils and fats. This standard establishes the method for qualitatively determining the presence of chlorine from chlorinated solvents and other sources.

20. NTP 209.121:1975 (revised in 2025) Edible oils and fats. This standard establishes the testing method for determining the refractive index of normal animal and vegetable oils and fats in their liquid state.

21. NTP 209.137:1979 (revised in 2025) Oilseed cake. This standard establishes the method for determining the moisture content of the cakes as part of the quality control in the balanced feed industry and agricultural by-products.

22. NTP 205.052:2016 (revised in 2025) Pearl barley or barley grits. This standard outlines the requirements that pearl barley or barley grits must meet for human consumption.

23. NTP 205.049:2016 (revised in 2025) Barley. This standard establishes a method for determining the content of the mycotoxin ochratoxin A in barley.

24. NTP 205.071:2017 (revised in 2025) BARLEY. This standard specifies the requirements that must be met by the flour from extruded barley grains (Hordeum vulgare) intended for human consumption.

25. NTP 206.010:2016 (revised in 2025) Pasta or noodles for human consumption. This standard sets forth the requirements that must be met by pasta or noodles intended for human food.

26. NTP-CODEX CXS 316:2019 (revised in 2025) Standard for passion fruits. This standard establishes the quality requirements for commercial varieties of passion fruits from the granadilla, purple, yellow species, and their hybrids, which are to be supplied fresh to consumers after preparation and packaging.

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Uruguay – The Minister of Livestock has confirmed in the Budget Commission that there is an intention to “prohibit the use of the term dairy for products derived from plant sources rather than animal sources”

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The Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Alfredo Fratti, stated in the Budget Commission that there is an intention to “prohibit the use of the term dairy for products of plant origin rather than animal origin.” He added that “it must be clear that products of plant origin cannot be referred to as milk. Everything that is milk must come from animal sources,” clarifying the essence of the mentioned article.
The article 261 of the budget bill seeks to rectify the labeling of non-dairy products as dairy, referencing the definitions established by Bromatology.

ARTICLE 261.

What the article cited by Fratti establishes is that “the names associated with dairy products and their derivatives must not be used for advertising or marketing foods that do not comply with the definition set forth in the National Bromatological Regulation. No label, commercial document, description, pictorial representations, advertising material, or form of publicity and presentation should be used at points of sale or electronic marketing that indicates, implies, or suggests that it is a dairy-origin food.” This provision includes a prohibition on products “cultivated or produced artificially in a laboratory.”

Paraguay – DINAVISA presents a project that establishes the classification of bottled waters

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The National Directorate of Sanitary Surveillance (DINAVISA in Spanish) has released a Draft Resolution DINAVISA No. XXXX /2025, which establishes the classification of bottled water intended for human consumption, its sales designations, and the labeling requirements that must be met for its commercialization.

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Venezuela – SENCAMER has published a draft standard regarding the determination of moisture content in sugar

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The Decentralized Service for Standardization, Quality, Metrology, and Technical Regulations (SENCAMER in Spanish) has released the draft of the Venezuelan Standard COVENIN 238:2025 Sugar. Determination of moisture. (2nd Revision).

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Brazil – ANVISA streamlines procedures for registering companies in the food sector

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) announces the implementation of electronic registration for companies in the Food sector. The company itself must submit a request (4192 – Generate food registration) through the application system and complete the form. Once the company submits the protocol, the registration process will be fully completed electronically. Additionally, electronic forms have also been made available for thematic codes related to changes in technical and legal responsibility.