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Mexico – Unanimous request to present the regulation of the General Law on the Right to Adequate and Sustainable Food

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Specialists, officials and representatives of civil society participated in the discussion “One year of the General Law on the Right to Adequate and Sustainable Food: from recognition to fulfillment of the right to adequate and sustainable food”, at the invitation of Senator Ana Lilia Rivera Rivera, president of the National Defense Committee.
The participants in the event agreed that one year after the General Law on the Right to Adequate and Sustainable Food was approved, the publication of its regulations is urgent in order to realize the result of a struggle of many years.
In this regard, Lina Pohl Alfaro, representative in Mexico of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) expressed her support for the regulation to become a reality and thus leave behind a development model that was in force for many decades, but has become obsolete.

Argentina – Food Code for canned food and fishery products updated

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Joint Resolution 18/2025, issued by the Secretaries of Health Management and Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, amended several articles of the Argentine Food Code (CAA in Spanish) relating to canned food and products made from raw material from fisheries and aquaculture.

  • Redefinition of the concept of fishery and aquaculture products, including both vertebrate animals and aquatic invertebrates, excluding mammals and reptiles.
  • Mandatory technical identification for products labeled as “Sardines”, including new categories such as “sardina fueguina” and specific coding for traceability according to species.
  • Updating of the article on salted anchovies, including requirements for salinity, maturation and absence of Anisakis sp. larvae, as well as specific sensory conditions.
  • Addition of Article 473 bis, which prohibits the presence of foreign matter in canned fish and requires compliance with hygiene and raw material quality standards.
  • Repeal of Article 453, as part of a more precise regulatory reorganization for this type of food.

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Brazil – ANVISA announces virtual sectoral dialogue on food allergen labeling revision

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) invites interested parties to participate in the virtual sectoral dialogue on the revision of allergenic food labeling, which will take place on April 29, Tuesday, from 14h30 to 17h00. Participation in the dialogue is open to all, without prior registration.

The meeting aims to present and discuss

  • The current Codex Alimentarius recommendations on the labeling of allergenic foods,
  • The requirements to be addressed in the process of revising health regulations.
  • The planning of the General Directorate of Food (GGALI) to carry out this intervention.

To support stakeholder participation in the sectoral dialogue, ANVISA developed a basic document on the revision of allergenic food labeling.

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Brasil – Proposed modification of the regulation on food supplements is under public consultation

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The National Health Surveillance Agency ( ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Public Consultation no. 1,325, dated 04/17/2025 on the proposed amendment of the Resolution of the Collegiate Council – RDC that amends RDC no. 243, dated July 26, 2018, which provides for the sanitary requirements for food supplements, RDC no. No. 839, of December 14, 2023, which provides for safety testing and authorization of use of novel foods and novel ingredients and Normative Instruction – IN No. 28, of July 26, 2018, which establishes the lists of constituents, limits of use, declarations and supplementary labeling of food supplements.

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Brasil – In consultation publishes regulations on the identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Public Consultation No 1324, dated 04/17/2025 – IN which establishes the identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food.
It is necessary to regulate the specifications of identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food, as part of item 3.8 of the Regulatory Agenda 2024/2025.

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