The Federal Consumer Prosecutor’s Office (PROFECO in Spanish) released a comprehensive analysis of juices and flavored beverages aimed at children, revealing high sugar levels, health risks, and misleading labeling in certain products. According to the “Quality Study” published in the Consumer Magazine (Issue 578/2025), 51 products were assessed, covering categories such as juices, fruit drinks, fruit-flavored beverages, and soy and fruit drinks. This evaluation provided specific insights into their nutritional content, labeling, and composition.
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Brazil – ANVISA bans dietary supplements containing ora-pro-nobis
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) announces a ban on all food supplements containing ora-pro-nobis. The measure was adopted because the plant (pereskia aculeata) is not authorized as a food supplement ingredient.
The measure does not affect the consumption or sale of the fresh plant. Ora-pro-nóbis is a plant that has a tradition of being used in everyday food, especially in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais.
Brazil – ANVISA amends food additive regulations
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published Normative Instruction IN No. 356/2025, which amends Normative Instruction – IN 211/2023 on the technological functions, maximum limits and conditions of use of food additives and processing aids authorized for use in food.
Bolivia – SENASAG publishes the Regulation for the issuance of the Certificate of Validation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan – HACCP for companies in the food industry
By means of ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION – SENASAG N°65/2025, the National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (SENASAG in Spanish) has published “Regulations for the issuance of the Certificate of Validation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan – HACCP for companies in the food industry”.
All natural or legal persons, owners or holders of food companies, established in the national territory, that have a valid Sanitary Registration, and that have implemented their HACCP Plan as a food safety assurance system and request their Certificate of Validation, are subject to the validation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan – HACCP.
Brazil – ANVISA invites stakeholders to participate in sectoral dialogues on food regulation
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) will hold, on Thursday, March 13, two sectoral dialogues on food regulation. Participation in the dialogues is open to all, without prior registration.
Infant formula regulations
The virtual sectorial dialogue will discuss the review and consolidation of regulations on infant formulas for infants and young children, follow-on foods and cereal-based foods for infants and young children, enteral nutrition formulas and dietary therapy formulas for inborn errors of metabolism.
Regulation of plant-based foods
In the afternoon, the Sectoral Dialogue on Plant-Based Food Regulation will be held. This dialogue aims to discuss issues relevant to the regulation of foods of plant origin, with emphasis on:
(a) presentation of the activities carried out by Anvisa in 2024 on the subject and proposal of regulatory flow that will be submitted to the deliberation of the Collegiate Council for the opening of the regulatory process;
(b) proposal for periodic updating of the lists of food additives and technological adjuvants authorized for use in products imitating dairy products and other standardized animal products.
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