Argentina – Amendment to the Argentine Food Code on Dairy Drinks

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The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the Secretariat of Quality in Health, by means of Joint Resolution 6/2023, published an amendment to the Argentine Food Code on the Joint Resolution 6/2023 published in the Argentine Food Code an amendment to the Standards for Dairy Beverages.

Amend the definition of Article 578bis of Dairy Beverages in Chapter VIII “Dairy Products” of the Argentine Food Code: Products obtained from milk, reconstituted milk, fermented milk, other dairy derivatives, with or without addition Add other substances, in which the content of dairy-derived ingredients is at least 51% of the total product ingredients; beverages with fermented milk are not dairy beverages; specific microorganisms in fermented milk beverages or fermented milk beverages added with probiotics must be present in the final product and It remains alive and active during its shelf life.

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Brazil – Public Consultation – Ordinance establishing the Technical Regulation of Identity and Quality of dairy beverages

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For the purposes of these regulations, a dairy beverage is a dairy product, or composite dairy product, obtained from milk, or reconstituted milk, or dairy derivatives, or a combination thereof, with or without the addition of non-dairy ingredients.

The dairy base shall represent at least 51% (fifty-one percent) m/m (mass/mass) of the ingredients of the products provided for in this Ordinance.

Public Consultation, for a period of 75 (seventy-five) days, counted from the date of publication of this Ordinance.

Beginning: 25/04/2023 End: 09/07/2023

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Brazil – Public Consultation – Ordinance establishing the Technical Regulation on the Identity and Quality of Dairy Compounds

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For the purposes of this regulation, dairy compound is the dairy product or powdered compounded dairy product, obtained from milk or dairy derivatives or both, with or without the addition of non-dairy ingredients.

Public Consultation, for a period of 75 (seventy-five) days, counted from the date of publication of this Ordinance.
Start: 25/04/2023 End: 09/07/2023.

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Argentina – Ministry of Health publishes regulations of the Celiac Disease Law

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Decree 218/2023, published today in the Official Gazette, approved the regulation of the Celiac Disease Law No. 26,588, as amended by Law No. 27,196, which makes it mandatory to offer gluten-free menus in different institutions and establishments and expands the identification of medicines, depending on the content or absence of gluten.

The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) expanded and updated the official list of gluten-free foods, which at the time of the enactment of Law 26,588 had only 1,400 products registered, and currently has more than 23,000 products.

A Guide of good manufacturing practices for Gluten-Free Food (GF) manufacturing establishments was prepared and published.

In addition to the aforementioned advances, and the fact that having more information on the disease has allowed many institutions and establishments to offer, on a voluntary basis, gluten-free menu options, the implementation of Law 26.588 (modified by Law 27.196) will allow turning this greater offer into a right for all celiac people.

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Argentina – Incorporation of the processes, technology and requirements of Family Farming into the Argentine Food Code

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The public consultation of the National Food Commission (CONAL in Spanish) for the project “Incorporation to the Argentine Food Code (CAA in Spanish) of the processes, technology and requirements of Family Farming” is in force.

The proposal, agreed by the ad hoc Working Group of CONAL “Family Farming” in which the National Service of Agri-Food Health and Quality (SENASA in Spanish) participates, was presented at a meeting held today, intended as a preliminary instance to the next call to the Commission of Family Farming (SENAF in Spanish).

The coordinator of Family Agriculture of SENASA, Lucía González Espinoza, explained that “the draft regulation involves the inclusion of a new chapter in the Argentine Food Code called: Technologies, processes and foods of family agri-food production and traditional production, which defines and characterizes this type of food, determines considerations for its approval and establishes a framework for adapting the requirements of the Code, according to the production processes”.

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