Day: 01/10/2025

El Salvador – OSARTEC notifies new regulations on Food Additives Covering 9 Food Categories

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The Salvadoran Technical Regulation Organization (OSARTEC) has announced the inclusion of food additives in the list of permitted food additives as per RTCA 67.04.54:18 “Processed Foods and Beverages. Food Additives”.

In accordance with Resolution No. 494-2024 (COMIECO-CIX) dated December 6, 2024 (published in Official Gazette No. 1, Volume No. 446 on January 3, 2025), the inclusion of additives for the following food categories has been approved:

(02.0) Fats, oils, and fat emulsions.
(04.1.2.4) Canned or jarred fruits (pasteurized).
(04.2.2.4) Vegetables (including mushrooms and fungi, roots and tubers, legumes and pulses, and aloe vera) and seaweeds in cans or jars (pasteurized) or in sterilization bags.
(07.0) Bakery products.
(07.1.1) Breads and rolls.
(07.1.2) Crackers, excluding sweet crackers.
(08.0) Meat and meat products, including poultry and game: this category encompasses all types of meat products, poultry, and game, whether whole or cut, fresh.
(12.0) Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products.
(13.1.3) Preparations for specific medicinal uses intended for infants.
(15.0) Ready-to-eat snacks.

The included additives are part of Annex A (Regulatory) “List of Permitted Food Additives” of RTCA 67.04.54:18; this regulation aims to establish the food additives and their maximum permitted doses across various food categories.

The effective date of Resolution No. 494-2024 is August 6, 2025.
Registrants who must update their labels as a result of the inclusion of food additives in the aforementioned resolution will have a period of twelve (12) months from its effective date to exhaust their inventories.

Argentina – Quality specifications for natural mineral water are amended in the Argentine Food Code

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The Ministry of Health Quality and the Ministry of Food, Bioeconomy, and Regional Development have issued Joint Resolution 22/2021, which amends articles 982, 983, and 985 regarding the quality specifications for public supply drinking water, household use drinking water, bottled drinking water, and natural mineral water.

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Brazil – ANVISA announces that the recordings and documents from the sectoral dialogue regarding the Food Regulatory Agenda are now available

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) announces the availability of the recording, presentation, and minutes from the virtual sector dialogue regarding the preparation of topics in the Food sector for the Regulatory Agenda (AR) 2026/2027, which took place on August 27.

This serves as a planning tool that offers predictability and transparency to ANVISA’s regulatory activities.

During the dialogue, the Agency presented a preliminary list of topics in the Food sector, consisting of 30 items.

The deadline for submitting contributions remains open until September 15, via the electronic form available on the ANVISA portal.

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Brazil – New regulation establishing a positive list of authorized substances for the manufacture of regenerated cellulose films intended for contact with food

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Normative Instruction No. 396/2025, which establishes the positive lists of substances authorized for the manufacture of regenerated cellulose films intended for contact with food and their conditions of use.

For the substances listed in the Annexs of this Regulatory Instruction, in case of disagreement between the CAS number and the chemical name, the chemical name of the substance shall prevail.

This Regulatory Instruction comes into effect 6 (six) months after its publication date.

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