By Resolution No 496-2025 (COMIECO-CX), the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA in Spanish) excludes from Annexes A (NORMATIVE) and B (NORMATIVE), Central American Technical Regulations – RTCA 67.04.54:18 Processed Foods and Beverages. Food Additives, the food additive “INS 127 erythrosine (red No. 3)”. Consequently, all references, names, INS numbers, maximum permitted levels, reference legislation, functional class and remarks, to the food additive erythrosine (INS 127) for all food categories listed therein are deleted from these Annexes.
The holders of a registration that must make the corresponding changes in the formulation, labeling and deplete the inventory of labels as a consequence of the exclusion of the food additive referred to in numeral 1 of this Resolution, will have a period of twelve months from the entry into force of this Resolution.
Effective date: July 15, 2025.