The Secretariat of Sanitary Quality and the Secretariat of Bioeconomy have published Joint Resolution 8/2024, which incorporates article 1264 quater to the Argentine Food Code, which will designate as Pakistan Pink Rock Salt exclusively, the one extracted in the Salt Range Formation in Pakistan. Likewise, the mention of some other country in which the extraction of this rock salt has recognition of origin will be allowed. The pink rock salt must be washed and dried to ensure the absence of physical, chemical and biological contaminants prior to milling and processing.
Argentina – Argentina incorporates into the Food Code the Mercosur Regulation on packaging and materials in contact with foodstuffs
The Secretariat of Sanitary Quality and the Secretariat of Bioeconomy have published Joint Resolution 4/2024, which amends Article 195 of the Food Code to incorporate the Mercosur Technical Regulation on provisions for metallic packaging, coatings, utensils, lids and equipment in contact with food. This Technical Regulation applies to containers, coatings, utensils, lids and equipment made of metallic materials, coated or not, that come into contact with food and its raw materials during their production, processing, transport, distribution and storage.
Argentina – Including hydrolyzed collagen as an authorized ingredient in food supplements
The Secretariat for Health Quality and the Secretariat for Bioeconomy have published Joint Resolution 2/2024, which amends article 1417 of the Food Code to include hydrolyzed collagen as an ingredient authorized for use in foods and food supplements.
Hydrolyzed collagen is understood as the concentrated by-product, dried and subjected to hydrolysis processes such that it does not present gel-forming properties in aqueous solution; obtained from the following raw materials: cartilage, tendons, bones, pieces of leather, fascia, aponeurosis and fishery products. The product shall comply with the same requirements and processing conditions, as well as the residue limits of collagen defined in this article.
Codex Alimentarius – Request for comments, at Step 3/4, on the draft Guidelines on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud
Codex Members and Observers are invited to submit comments at Step 3/4 on the draft Guidelines
on the Prevention and Control of Food Fraud contained in the Appendix I of the document CX/FICS
24/27/5, and to also provide specific answers to the questions highlighted in the boxes under the
relevant sections of the Appendix.
The purpose is to provide guidance to competent authorities and FBOs on the prevention, detection,
mitigation, and control of food fraud to help protect the health of consumers, and to ensure fair practices
in food trade, including feed for food producing animals [that may impact human food safety].
Guatemala – ARSA publishes the Regulation for the sanitary control of food and beverages
The Sanitary Regulation Agency (ARSA in Spanish) published the Regulation for the sanitary control of food and beverages. The regulation aims to establish the regulatory standards for food, nutritional supplements and food additives and other related products, as well as for the establishments and services that participate in these activities, including transportation.
The regulation states that the products covered must have a valid authorization issued by the ARSA to be marketed. Likewise, manufacturers and wineries must comply with the hygienic-sanitary standards established in the RTCA for the processed food and beverage industry and in the procedure for granting sanitary licenses, being subject to surveillance and inspection by the ARSA.
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