The National Institute of Food and Nutrition (INAN in Spanish) has published Resolution S.G. No. 043. Modifying deadlines established for the progressive reduction of Trans Fatty Acids content in food.
All foods, including ingredients for industrial use (2% of the total content of Trans Fatty Acids) must comply with the
Fats) must comply with Resolution S.G. N” 411, of September 09, 2020, as of September 08, 2025.
Colombia – The transitional period for the implementation of Resolution 1407 of 2022 on microbiological criteria to be met by food and beverages intended for human consumption ends
The Instituto Nacional de Vigilancia de Medicamentos y Alimentos (INVIMA in Spanish), informs that on February 8, 2024 ended the transitional period for the implementation of Resolution No 1407 of 2022 “Whereby the microbiological criteria to be met by food and beverages intended for human consumption are established”.
As of this date, natural or legal persons engaged in the manufacture, processing, preparation, packaging, storage, transportation, distribution, importation and marketing of food and beverages intended for human consumption must comply with the requirements established in this standard.
Brazil – IDEC’s request, the Justice determines that the industry must comply with the front warning label
El Tribunal Federal de São Paulo concedió una medida cautelar en la acción civil pública interpuesta por el Instituto Brasileño de Protección al Consumidor (IDEC) contra la Agencia Nacional de Vigilancia Sanitaria Anvisa (ANVISA) en relación con la ampliación de las instalaciones de la misma. Etiquetado de alimentos y bebidas con un sello de lupa que indica altas cantidades de sodio y azúcar agregada. y grasas saturadas.
Una decisión provisional del juez Marcelo Guerra Martins, del 13º Juzgado Civil Federal de São Paulo, suspende inmediatamente los efectos de la RDC (Resolución del Consejo Colegiado) Nº 819/2023 y determina que Anvisa se abstenga de adoptar nuevas medidas que, directa o indirectamente, autoriza el incumplimiento de los plazos de implementación del RDC Nº 429/2020 y de la Instrucción Normativa nº 75/2020.
Guatemala – National Food and Nutrition Security Policy updated 16 years after its first version
The Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security (SESAN in Spanish) of the Presidency of the Republic, headed by Lizett Guzmán, led the updating of the National Food and Nutritional Security Policy (POLSAN) 2022-2037, which is a milestone as it is something that had never been done since its first version.
The POLSAN 2022-2037 establishes the guiding principles, thematic axes and guidelines to orient the country’s Food and Nutritional Security activities. Among its main updates is the rethinking of the target population, the redefinition of objectives, the focus on malnutrition – and not only malnutrition -, the emphasis on food systems and, in a cross-cutting manner, climate change.
Article – Ten Criteria for an Educational Approach to the Law for the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Argentina
This paper proposes ten educational criteria to work on the Act for the Promotion of Healthy Eating in Chemistry classes (and other subjects) from a Human Rights perspective in order to promote critical attitudes towards food. The criteria were developed from an investigative and exploratory work on the implementation of the Act in supermarket shelves, the representations of people and the review of the manuals that establish its implementation. Throughout the article, different situations will be presented where the contributions of food science and technology in the implementation of the Act can be understood.
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