Peru – INACAL approves new technical standards on alcoholic beverages, food-contact materials, and ice cream

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The National Institute of Quality (INACAL), thru Directoral Resolution No 000031-2025-INACAL/DN, approved three new standards on alcoholic beverages, food-contact materials, and ice cream.

  • NTP 211.013:2025 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Vodka. Requirements. 5th Edition. Replaces NTP 211.013:2019.

  • NTP 399.163-8:2025 PLASTIC CONTAINERS AND ACCESSORIES IN CONTACT WITH FOOD. Part 8: Determination of residual vinyl chloride. 3rd Edition. Replaces NTP 399.163-8:2020.

  • NTP 202.057:2025 MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. Ice cream. Requirements. 3rd Edition Replaces NTP 202.057:2006. (Revised in 2018).

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Peru – INACAL approves new technical standards for beer and blueberries

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The National Institute for Quality (INACAL in Spanish), by means of Directoral Resolution No 000028-2025-INACAL/DN, approved three Peruvian Technical Standards (NTPs) related to beer and blueberries.

  • TP 213.004:2023/CT 1:2025 BEER. Determination of alcohol. Test methods. TECHNICAL CORRIGENDUM 1. 1st Edition.
  • NTP 012.500:025:2025 BLUEBERRIES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES. Blueberries. Terms and definitions. 2nd Edition. Replaces NTP 012.500:2018.
  • NTP 012.507:2025 BLUEBERRIES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES. Osmodeshydrated blueberries. Requirements. 1st Edition.

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Brazil – ANVISA amends regulation on infant formulas, nutritional formulas for high-risk newborns, enteral nutrition formulas, and dietary formulas for inborn errors of metabolism

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) has issued Normative Instruction ANVISA No 414/2025, which amends Normative Instruction IN No. 367/2025, establishing the lists of components, usage limits, and property claims for infant formulas, nutritional formulas for high-risk newborns, transitional foods, cereal-based foods for infants and young children, enteral nutrition formulas, and dietary formulas for inborn errors of metabolism.

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Panama – Ministry of Health orders that safety information be included in the monographs and package inserts of registered products containing probiotics in their formulation

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The National Directorate of Pharmacy and Drugs, under the Ministry of Health, has published Resolution No. 226, which orders the inclusion of safety information in the monographs and package inserts of registered products, those undergoing sanitary registration or renewal, and all new registration applications containing probiotics in their formulation.

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Brazil – Deadline for submitting the modification protocol provided for in RDC 839/2023 has passed

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The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) informs that the deadline for food companies to submit the modification provided for in Collegiate Board Resolution (RDC) 839/2023 (which establishes the verification of safety and authorization for the use of new foods and new ingredients) ended on December 18, 2025.

Companies that had requested safety assessments for new foods and ingredients and had pending processes at the start of the regulation’s implementation could choose from three options:

  • Submit additional documentation via an addendum to comply with the new regulations;
  • Maintain the analysis in accordance with the previous standard; or
  • Withdraw the request.

For those who opted for the modification, the 24-month period defined in Article 68, § 3, of RDC 839/2023 ends on December 18, 2025.

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