Ecuador – Deadline extended for submitting comments on the draft Partial Reform of the Food Supplements Regulations

The Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries (MPCEIP) has announced that it is extending the deadline (60 days) for submitting comments and contributions on the draft Partial Reform of the Sanitary Technical Regulations for Obtaining Sanitary Notification and Control of Food Supplements at Establishments Where They Are Manufactured, Stored, Distributed, Imported, and Marketed, Resolution ARCSA-DE-028-2016-YMIH, published in Official Registry Supplement No. 937 of February 3, 2017. The purpose of the regulatory project in question is to establish the Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) conditions for food processing plants, as well as the requirements that must be met by the manufacturing, production, processing, preparation, packaging, contract manufacturing, transportation, storage, import, distribution, and marketing of processed foods for human consumption.