The National Ministry of Health held the 155th Meeting of the National Food Commission (CONAL in Spanish) with the participation of national authorities and other interested parties.
During the meeting, the Commission agreed and forwarded 7 dossiers to the final stage of administrative processing, such as the incorporation of hydroelectrolytic supplements, edible flowers, vegetable arropes and flour, incorporation of canary seed, fruits of the butia yatay palm tree and additives. The projects for the modification of articles 235 and 1381 were referred to the Public Consultation instance to incorporate Health Property Declarations (DPS) for use in labeling, as well as the incorporation of additives in fruits and microbiological criteria in herbs for infusion, among others.
Among the dossiers that were submitted simultaneously to the CONAL Advisory Council (CONASE) and to the Public Consultation are the incorporation into the Argentine Food Code (CAA) of dehydrated grape pomace and apple pomace, the incorporation of new enzymes that were presented within the framework of the “Instructions for the application of articles 1263 and 1263 bis”, among others.
The work of the working groups coordinated by the National Food Institute (INAL), such as “Microbiological Criteria, Food Additives, Food Enzymes and Updating of Chapter II”, was highlighted. The latter presented a proposal for the modification of the articles referring to meat food outlets.
Finally, the Commission introduced new topics to be addressed, such as the incorporation of olive leaf for infusion, sake and a request to update the articles on lemon juice.
It should be noted that INAL presented the update of the document “Guidelines for the declaration of allergens and substances capable of producing adverse reactions in susceptible individuals”, which was recommended and published on CONAL’s web page.