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Argentina – ANMAT incorporates eleven species of edible flowers and maca root into the Food Code

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The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, thru Joint Resolutions 1/2025, incorporate 12 edible flowers into Article 822 of Chapter XI – PLANT-BASED FOODS of the Argentine Food Code, under the heading “INFLORESCENCES, FLOWERS OR BUDS,” as follows:

  • Calendula
  • Pumpkin or squash
  • Dandelion (photo)
  • Azahar (orange, lemon, and citron blossom)
  • Jasmine
  • Lavender
  • Chamomile
  • Hibiscus
  • Rosa
  • Rosehip
  • Queen or Capuchin taco

Its inclusion reflects the growing culinary trend and recognizes its esthetic, aromatic, and nutritional value, as well as the ancient tradition of consumption in various cultures, including indigenous communities in southern Argentina.

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Argentina – Incorporation of powdered Euglena gracilis algae into the Food Code as a new ingredient in dietary supplements

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The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, thru Joint Resolution 3/2025, incorporate powdered Euglena gracilis algae as an ingredient in dietary supplements in the Food Code.

It must meet the following characteristics:

Appearance: Homogeneous, free-flowing powder, free from foreign matter.

Color: Yellow

Odor: Characteristic of algae

Beta-glucan: Greater than or equal to fifty percent (≥50%)

Protein: Greater than or equal to fifteen percent (≥15%)

Total dietary fiber: between sixty-one percent (61%) and sixty-three percent (63%)

Humidity: maximum SIX PERCENT (6%)

Ash: maximum TEN PERCENT (10%)

Metals (maximum):

Lead: 0.5 ppm

Cadmium: 0.5 ppm

Mercury: 0.05 ppm

Inorganic arsenic (As-in): Maximum 1.0 mg/kg. As a first choice, the total arsenic (As-tot) analysis can be performed. If the total As (As-tot) concentration is below the maximum limit (ML) for inorganic As (As-in), no further testing is required and the sample is determined to comply with the ML. If the total As concentration (As-tot) exceeds the maximum limit (ML) for inorganic As (As-in), additional tests must be performed to determine whether the As-in concentration exceeds the ML.

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Argentina – ANMAT incorporation of oak wood chips (Quercus petraea) to flavor alcoholic beverages

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The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, thru Joint Resolution 4/2025, incorporate oak wood chips (Quercus petraea) for flavoring distilled alcoholic beverages into Chapter XVI “Correctives and Adjuncts” of the Argentine Food Code (CAA).

ARTICLE 1. Article 1201 bis is hereby incorporated into the Argentine Food Code, and shall be worded as follows: “Article 1201 bis: By the term “oak chips” is meant oak staves, pieces, and/or shavings, whether used separately or in combination, in the production of distilled alcoholic beverages for the purpose of imparting certain characteristics derived from that wood.

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Brazil – ANVISA opens a specific public consultation on the evaluation of measures to restrict industrial trans fats

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has opened a specific consultation on the Regulatory Outcomes Assessment Plan (ARR) for measures restricting the use of industrial trans fats in food.

The objective is to gather technical input from researchers, public bodies, laboratories, and representatives of the productive sector to improve evaluation planning. The consultation is part of the preparatory phase of the Evaluation Review process and aims to ensure that the evaluation questions, indicators, and data sources are adequate for measuring the effects of Collegiate Board Resolution 632/2022 (RDC), a regulation that restricted the use of industrially produced trans fats in the country’s food supply.

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Brazil – ANVISA proposes reviewing the regulations on nutritional labeling of packaged foods

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has published Public Consultation No. 1,358, dated October 31, 2025, on the proposal to revise the regulations on nutritional labeling of packaged foods.

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