Argentina – Nutritionists Guild warns that changes to Labeling Law confuses consumers

07/07/202513/07/2025 / infoAlimentario

The Association of Nutritionists of the Province of Buenos Aires expressed their “deep concern” about what they consider a setback in terms of public health, since the recent amendments to the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Food – better known as the Front Labeling Law – have set off alarm bells among specialists in nutrition and public health. Two provisions of the ANMAT, promoted under the administration of Javier Milei, altered central points of the regulation and, according to professionals, put at risk the right to information and healthy eating. Provisions 11362/2024 and 11378/2024 introduced changes in the calculation of critical nutrients and relaxed controls on food composition and advertising.
One of the most controversial changes is the exclusion of intrinsic nutrients – fats, sugars, sodium and calories naturally present in foods – from the calculation to determine whether a product bears a warning label. From now on, only nutrients added during the production process will be considered.

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Peru – The category of food supplements needs to be regulated

07/07/2025 / infoAlimentario

Without a specific regulatory category that clearly defines what a dietary supplement is, based on its nature, confusion arises in Peru about whether it should be treated as food or medicine (despite being distinct products). This impacts the regulatory treatment given to it, which constitutes a barrier to the development of this industry in the country.
Therefore, it is imperative that Peruvian legislation clearly differentiate dietary supplements from pharmaceutical products and from the food category. Having an autonomous classification would allow for the establishment of technical and health criteria appropriate to their nature, guarantee oversight of their characteristics, and provide greater legal certainty for all involved. This regulatory differentiation would not only strengthen the protection of public health but would also promote the development of a more dynamic, safe, and competitive supplement market. Currently, the General Directorate of Medicines, Supplies, and Drugs (DIGEMID in Spanish) has the authority to regulate and establish the procedures applicable to dietary supplements, pursuant to Law 29459, the Law on Pharmaceutical Products, Medical Devices, and Health Products. This law defines pharmaceutical products as preparations intended to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure diseases, a classification that includes the category of dietary products, even though the latter do not have a therapeutic purpose.
However, Article 17 of Decision No. 9 of the Free Trade Commission of the Additional Protocol to the Pacific Alliance Framework Agreement (the decision applicable to Peru) establishes that the competent authority to regulate the category of dietary supplements should be the General Directorate of Environmental Health and Food Safety (DIGESA in Spanish).

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CARICOM – 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads of Government: food and nutrition security

07/07/2025 / infoAlimentario

Jamaica will host the Forty-ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from 6-8 July in Montego Bay, under the chairmanship of Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica.
Prime Minister Holness will assume the six-month chairmanship of the Community on 1 July 2025, succeeding the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados. A founding member of CARICOM, Jamaica holds responsibility for external trade negotiations in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet.
Heads of Government will begin the two-day business sessions of the Conference on 7 July at the MBCC. They will focus on developments in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME); security issues; Haiti; external trade negotiations; climate change and the climate finance agenda; food and nutrition security; and preparations for the second Africa-CARICOM Summit.
Other matters for the attention of the CARICOM leaders include transportation, telecommunications, digitalisation of the tourism industry and the CARICOM Industrial Policy.

Argentina – Dried grape pomace is included in the Argentine Food Code

07/07/2025 / infoAlimentario

By means of Joint Resolution 37/2025, the Secretariat of Health Management and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries modify Article 107 of the Argentine Food Code to incorporate dried grape pomace which contains important retained nutrients, mainly polyphenols (such as Resveratrol) and fibers.

ARTICLE 1.- Article 1107 tris is hereby incorporated into the Argentine Food Code, which shall be worded as follows: “Article 1107 tris: The term dry grape pomace means the solid product resulting from the operations of pressing and/or filtration of grape must and/or wine, composed of seeds and grape skins subjected to dehydration processes, which may be subsequently milled.

Grape pomace shall be subjected to a dehydration process that ensures a moisture content of less than 8% on a wet basis.

Its composition will depend on the raw materials used in winemaking. In any case, it must meet the following characteristics:

Dietary fiber (%): Min. 25 (1)

Proteins (%): Min. 10 (1)

Moisture (%): Max. 8

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Argentina – New fruits and vegetables are incorporated into the Argentine Food Code

07/07/2025 / infoAlimentario

Through Joint Resolution 36/2025, the Secretariat of Health Management and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries amend articles 822 and 888 of the Argentine Food Code related to Fresh Vegetables and Fresh Edible Fruits.
Among the incorporations, fruits with names that evoke the richness of our land stand out: the jabuticaba (Plinia cauliflora and Plinia peruviana), the yvapority (Plinia rivularis), the uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis), the caraguatá (Bromelia balanceae), the chañar (Geoffroea decorticans). or coconut (Allophylus edulis). Also included are the achojcha or caigua (Cyclanthera pedata), the pindó (Syagrus romanzoffiana), the wild fig (Vasconcellea quercifolia), the ubajay (Eugenia myrcianthes), the guabiyú (Myrcianthes pungens) and the wild cereal or cherry (Eugenia involucrata). The list of new fruits is completed by tasi or doca (Araujia odorata), chili pepper (Capsicum baccatum var. baccatum), jacaratia (Jacaratia spinosa), mbocayá (Acrocomia aculeata), arachichú (Annona emarginata) and large grapefruit (Berberis commutata). In the heading of vegetables, the inclusion of the petiole of the quirusilla (Gunnera apiculata) is official.

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