Canada – List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents (Lists of Permitted Food Additives)

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Date modified: 2023-03-29

This List of Permitted Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents sets out authorized food additives used to form or maintain a uniform emulsion of two or more phases in a food, impart a particular food texture through the formation of a gel, maintain a uniform dispersion of two or more ingredients in a food, or modify the viscosity of a food. It is incorporated by reference in the Marketing Authorization for Food Additives That May Be Used as Emulsifying, Gelling, Stabilizing or Thickening Agents.

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Colombia – Congressmen introduce bill to promote food donations

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Congresswoman Saray Robayo Bechara, presented the bill that promotes food donation and food security, to address malnutrition and face the food crisis that millions of Colombians live today, who do not have enough to eat three meals a day.

According to the congresswoman, the project is motivated so that between 40 and 60% of the food that is wasted today, that is, about 6 million tons per year, can reach the tables of 5 million of the most vulnerable Colombians according to the DNP.

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Saint Kitts & Nevis – Labelling of packaged water

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The St. Kitts & Nevis Bureau of Standards published Standard on labelling of packaged water. This Standard specifies requirements for the purity, treatment, bacteriological acceptability, packaging and labelling of all waters that are pre-packaged for sale and used as beverages or in foods.
This Standard does not apply to water distributed by the public water supply system, to carbonated beverages, soda water or to packaged water sold for purposes other than as a beverage.

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Argentina – Senasa confirmed that there is no labeling for GM wheat flour

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Once the commercialization and the “mixture” with conventional flour is known, it remains to know which are the wheat by-products elaborated with transgenic. This information request was sent by ERA Verde to the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service, which replied that “there are no regulations on labeling of GMOs in food, neither in Senasa nor in other agencies in Argentina”, it was stated.

Through the Press area, the General Coordinator of Biotechnology of the Directorate of Strategy and Risk Analysis, Andrés Ignacio Maggi, explained that “this is based on the fact that prior to the commercialization of any GMO for food, an evaluation is carried out in Senasa regarding its food suitability, so that they are considered as safe and not less nutritious than non-GMO products”.

The consumption of HB4 wheat flour, as that of any GMO food, for the time being, will remain an enigma in Argentina.

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Peru – Bill prohibiting food advertising with octagons aimed at minors would go against freedom of enterprise

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For Jaime Dupuy, manager of legal and regulatory affairs of ComexPerú, any initiative in favor of taking care of the health of minors is positive. However, he warned that this regulation is unconstitutional, as it is disproportionate in that it prevents the transmission of advertising of all types of products with high sodium or fat content that should be consumed in moderation, such as milk or butter, when these cannot be considered junk food.

“Any provision that restricts advertising itself is an affectation to the freedom of enterprise, this principle considers all acts that help the commercialization of the products that the company develops. Advertising is included. Currently there are already restrictions due to health issues, for example for alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, but we cannot equate food in general, such as milk, butter or bread, with these products”, he explained.

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