Spain: Draft Decree to regulate the labeling in the BRAILLE alphabet of consumer goods and products of special relevance

04/08/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs is currently working on the drafting of a regulation that will guide the labeling of essential products in Braille for the visually impaired.
The Consumer Affairs Department believes that this Braille labeling should provide “the minimum basic information (name, nature, expiration date or best before date, allergens)”, as well as dynamic and extensive information (name and address of the producing company, composition and purpose of the product, quality, net quantity or category, production date, nutritional information system, instructions for its correct use or consumption).
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs explains that it focuses on packaged general consumption products, in the case of foodstuffs: meat, fish, eggs, milk, coffee and canned food.

For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

Cuba: Food Sovereignty Law in force

04/08/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Food Sovereignty and Food and Nutritional Security Law (Ley SSAN in Spanish), approved in an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of People’s Power of Cuba last May, was published today in the Ordinary Gazette as Law 148/2022.

Decree 67/2022 was also issued, which presents the Regulations with the methodological guide and its implementation schedule, Yanisbel Sánchez Rodríguez, vice-president of the Agrifood Commission of the highest body of the Cuban State, said at a press conference.

For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

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El Salvador: Extended comment period on RTS 67.05.02:22

04/08/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Government of El Salvador informs that it notified on 30 May 2022, under the symbol G/SPS/N/SLV/17/Add.1, the draft Salvadoran Technical Regulation “RTS 67.05.02:22 MEAT. PROCESSED MEAT PRODUCTS”, with the objective of establishing the specifications and safety and quality characteristics that raw, cured and cooked meat products (including sausages), including poultry and game, intended for human consumption, must comply with.

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For further information, you can access the original source in Spanish

Brazil: Nutrition labeling: new rules to take effect in 75 days

27/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

The new rules for food labeling come into force on October 9, 2022. In addition to changes to the table of nutrition information and claims, the novelty will be the adoption of front-of-pack nutrition labeling.

Front-of-pack nutrition labeling

Considered the major innovation of the new regulation, front-of-pack nutrition labeling is an informative symbol that must appear on the front panel of the package. The idea is to clarify to the consumer, in a clear and simple way, the high content of health-relevant nutrients.

For further information, you can access the original source in Portuguese

Article – Ecuador: Traffic-light Nutrition Labeling Preferences among Ecuadorian Children

27/07/2022 / infoAlimentario

This study evaluates the effect of traffic-light (TL) nutritional label attributes on Ecuadorian children’s food choices. Data was collected from a survey of 1,179 Ecuadorian students attending public middle and high school in three major cities located in the southern region of the country (Machala, Loja, and Zamora). The survey instrument included two sets of choice experiments: one with yogurt products and the other with soft drinks (sodas and juice). In the choice scenarios, children were presented with two products that differed in price and the TL label colors for sugar, salt, and fat. Children’s product selections in the choice experiments were analyzed using mixed logit models. Results indicate that children are willing to pay increasing premium levels for products with yellow, green, and “does not contain…” labels compared to products with red labels. Overall, study findings offer evidence that TL labels are effective at helping children make food choices consistent with preferences for food products with TL labels representing healthier alternatives.