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Brazil – ANVISA publishes amendment to the regulation of food additives and technology aids

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Resolution – RDC No. 826/2023, which amends the Resolution of the Collegiate Council – RDC No. 778/2023, which establishes the general principles, technological functions and conditions for the use of food additives and technological aids in foods.

The maximum tolerable residual limit of ethylene oxide in food additives is established at 0.01 mg/kg, expressed in ethylene oxide and determined based on the sum of the amounts of ethylene oxide and 2-chloroethanol multiplied by 0. 55 (ethylene oxide + 2- chloroethanol x 0.55).

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Argentina – Authorization of probiotics, prebiotics and foods with these ingredients

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The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) makes available to professionals and anyone interested, the information to request the authorization of probiotics, prebiotics and foods with probiotics and / or prebiotics, which has been recently updated on our website.

Through ANMAT Provision No. 2873/2012, updated by ANMAT Provision No. 5893/2021, the Pre and Probiotics Evaluation Commission is formed, which is in charge of evaluating applications for these ingredients within the framework of Articles 1389 and 1390 of the Argentine Food Code.

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Paraguay – INAN publishes the approval of the Technical Regulation Safety and Quality Requirements for Milk and Dairy Products

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INAN publishes the approval of the Technical Regulation “Safety and Quality Requirements for Milk and Dairy Products

The National Institute of Food and Nutrition (INAN in Spanish) has announced Resolution S.G. No. 747/2023, which approves the “Technical Regulation that establishes Safety and Quality Requirements for Milk and dairy products to be marketed in the country; and provides general rules.
The National Institute of Food and Nutrition is designated, within its area of competence, as responsible for the provisions of this Resolution.

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Ecuador – ARCSA publishes draft amendment to the Technical Standard on Sanitary Notification Certificate and Registration of Food Processing Plants

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The National Agency of Regulation, Control and Sanitary Surveillance (ARCSA in Spanish) has published the
Technical sanitary regulations for obtaining the certificate of sanitary notification and registration of processing plants certified in good manufacturing practices of food for special diets, distribution, commercialization and transportation establishments. Published in Official Gazette No. 546 of SEPTEMBER 27, 2021.

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Argentina – Health claims on foods and drinks

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The National Administration of Medicines, Foods and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) makes available to professionals and any interested person, the information to make a presentation before the Commission for the Evaluation of Healthy Property Claims (DPS in Spanish) to request a recommendation. of use for use in advertising and/or for a presentation before the competent health authority prior to the granting and/or updating of the National Food Product Registry (RNPA in Spanish).

The DPS are regulated by ANMAT Provisions No. 7730/2011 and No. 8095/2023. The regulatory framework creates the Evaluation Commission and the Protocol for the presentation and scientific evaluation of health claims.

This commission made up of ANMAT professionals belonging to the National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) is in charge of evaluating the applications submitted by interested parties in accordance with the aforementioned protocol and issuing technical opinions.

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