Thru Joint Resolution No. 05/2026, the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries incorporate into the national legal framework the GMC Resolution No. 14/23 “MERCOSUR Technical Regulation on the use of starches in very high moisture cheeses.”

The measure incorporates into the Argentine Food Code a regulatory update agreed upon by the MERCOSUR Member States, which harmonizes the conditions for the use of starches and modified starches in certain categories of very high moisture cheeses.

Main aspects of the update:

• It authorizes the use of starches and modified starches as optional ingredients in cheeses with moisture content greater than or equal to 55 g/100 g.
• It establishes that these products must be thermally treated and take the shape of the container or wrapping that holds them at the time of packaging.
• It defines a maximum incorporation limit of 1% (m/m) in the final product.
• Harmonizes Argentine regulations with the technical criteria in force within the MERCOSUR framework.

The modification is incorporated into Article 605 of the Argentine Food Code and responds to the need to keep national food legislation up to date in accordance with the technical and regulatory advances applicable to the production of dairy products.