The National Institute for Student Welfare (INABIE in Spanish), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Parliamentary Front against Hunger asked deputies and senators to approve the draft Food and Nutrition Law School, whose main objective is to guarantee that food in schools is a State policy.
This seeks to promote a healthier and more nutritious diet from schools in line with the efforts that have been made by Inabie.
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published an amendment to the 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 aids authorized for use in food.
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published amendment the Regulatory Instruction – IN No. 28, of July 26, 2018, which establishes the lists of constituents, limits of use, declarations and complementary labeling of food supplements.
The first regional eco-labeling program was launched in Latin America and the Caribbean, led by regulators, standardizers and accreditation bodies. The aim is to standardize the use of eco-labeling throughout the region by providing consumers with transparent and reliable information on the environmental impact of purchased products.
The regional eco-labeling program, a joint initiative of Costa Rica, Ecuador and Mexico, seeks to unify criteria to define the categories under which it will operate. This will make it possible to identify environmentally responsible products, thus strengthening a more conscious and sustainable regional market.
The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published the 4th edition of the questions and answers document related to nutrition labeling.
In this edition, changes were made to questions 44, 45 and 173 on the nutritional labeling of sweeteners, due to changes in the definition and framing of these products, made by Resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) 818/2023.
Questions 17 and 19 were modified to adapt the information related to DRC 839/2023, which seeks to demonstrate the safety of the use of novel foods and novel ingredients, and which repealed RES 16/1999.
Questions 46 and 47 were included in the document to clarify the additional nutrients to be declared mandatory in the nutritional table of special purpose foods.
Questions 55 and 60 have been revised to provide greater clarity and precision with respect to added sugars present in ingredients used as a source of dietary fiber, in accordance with the diversity of nomenclature, composition and methods used in the production of these ingredients.
Questions 160 and 161 were also added to clarify some readability requirements for the simplified declaration and the linear declaration of the nutrition table, and question 198, which addresses the application of tolerance values to the %DV declaration.
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