By Resolution No 496-2025 (COMIECO-CX), the Secretariat for Central American Economic Integration (SIECA in Spanish) excludes from Annexes A (NORMATIVE) and B (NORMATIVE), Central American Technical Regulations – RTCA 67.04.54:18 Processed Foods and Beverages. Food Additives, the food additive “INS 127 erythrosine (red No. 3)”. Consequently, all references, names, INS numbers, maximum permitted levels, reference legislation, functional class and remarks, to the food additive erythrosine (INS 127) for all food categories listed therein are deleted from these Annexes.
The holders of a registration that must make the corresponding changes in the formulation, labeling and deplete the inventory of labels as a consequence of the exclusion of the food additive referred to in numeral 1 of this Resolution, will have a period of twelve months from the entry into force of this Resolution.
Effective date: July 15, 2025.
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Argentina – New food and dietary supplement advertising regulations in force
The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) announces new advertising standards for food and dietary supplements through Provision 4059/25 which establishes rules on advertising aimed at the general public, disseminated in traditional, non-traditional and/or digital media, of national or imported products.
ARTICLE 1: Advertising aimed at the general public, disseminated in traditional, non-traditional and/or digital media, of the products set forth in Article 2°, whether domestic or imported, shall be governed by this provision.
Advertising shall be understood as any form of communication or advertisement whose purpose is to make known a product, its characteristics, properties and/or uses in order to generate interest in the audiences and attract potential users.
Product advertising shall comply with the following general principles:
1. Only products that have obtained the corresponding authorization may be advertised.
2. Advertising shall promote the adequate, safe and rational use of the product, objectively presenting its properties, characteristics and uses without deception or misleading, providing truthful, accurate and clear information, according to the information approved by the sanitary authority.
3. Advertising should be carried out in accessible and understandable language.
4. It shall be the responsibility of the owners of the products to guarantee, according to the consideration of the specific characteristics of the media used for advertising, the proper use of the name, attributes and/or messages disseminated in relation to the product.
ARTICLE 4°.- All advertisements destined to the public shall:
1. include the trade name/active pharmaceutical ingredient, trade name/sales name of the product, as appropriate for each category, as indicated in the registration, authorization or registration of the product. The product label must also be shown as approved.
Brazil – Modification of regulations on cellulosic materials, packaging and equipment intended to come into contact with foodstuffs
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Resolution No 979/ 2025, which amends Resolution of the Collegiate Council – RDC No 88 of June 29, 2016, approving the technical regulation on cellulosic materials, packaging and equipment intended to come into contact with food and containing other provisions.
This Resolution incorporates Resolution GMC/MERCOSUR No. 2 of 24 April 2025 into the national legal system.
Art. 2.º Point 1.2 of Part II of the Annex of the Resolution of the Collegiate Board – DRC No. 88, of June 29, 2016, shall enter into force with the following modification:
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f) The diisopropylnaphthalene content in the finished product that uses recycled fibers in its production shall be the lowest possible from the technical point of view.
Brazil – Modified regulations on additives allowed in meat products and carbonated beverages
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Resolution No. 370 /2025, which amends Normative Instruction – IN No 211, of March 1, 2023, which establishes the technological functions, maximum limits and conditions of use of food additives and technological adjuvants authorized for use in food, specifically in Fresh, dried, cooked industrialized processed meat products; Canned meat and mixed products and Carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages.
Brazil – DICOL holds public meeting to discuss regulations for infant formula and food additives and processing aids
The directors of the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) participated in the 8th Public Meeting of the Board of Directors (DICOL in Portuguese) of 2025, chaired by the acting director general, Rômison Mota.
Infant formulas under discussion
The day’s deliberations included proposals for a Resolution of the Board of Directors (DRC) and Normative Instruction (NI) to establish health requirements for infant formulas, nutritional formulas for high-risk newborns, transitional foods and cereal-based foods for infants and young children, formulas for enteral nutrition and dietary therapy formulas for inborn errors of metabolism; and a NI to amend IN 281/2024, which establishes the form of regularization of the different categories of foods and packaging.
In an oral statement, the representative of the Brazilian Association of the Food Industry for Special and Congenital Purposes (Abiad), Gislene Cardozo, highlighted the high impact of the measure for the sector. However, Rômison Mota reported that the steps of good regulatory practices were followed, which were improved by the organizational unit responsible for the process through sectoral dialogue.
Authorized food additives and technological adjuvants
Also on the agenda was the proposal for an International Standard (IS) to amend IS 211/2023, which establishes the technological functions, maximum limits and conditions of use of food additives and technological adjuvants authorized for use in food. In an oral statement, Gislene Cardozo emphasized that, due to the high technical complexity of the subject, a thorough analysis of thousands of ingredients is necessary, and defended the need for a longer deadline for the sector to provide a qualified and coordinated response, requesting an extension of Public Consultations (PC) 1.324 and 1.325 of 2025 for 90 more days.
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