Chile: Decree for fortification of milk and wheat flour with vitamin D

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The Ministry of Health published Decree 48, which modifies the Food Sanitary Regulation (RSA in Spanish) in favor of vitamin D fortification.

The decree modifies the RDA, obliging that all milk, liquid and powdered, and flour produced or marketed in Chile must be fortified with vitamin D3.

  • Liquid/fluid milk: A single dose of 1 µg/100ml, which may be exceeded by up to 40%, reaching 1.4 µg/100ml.
  • Powdered milk: A single dose of 10 µg/100g, which may be exceeded by up to 40%, up to 14 µg/100g.
  • Flour shall be fortified with vitamin D3, cholecalciferol, of vegetable or animal origin, in a minimum amount of 2.25 µg/100g, which may be exceeded by up to 40%, reaching a level of 3.15 µg/100g.

The decree will enter into force 24 months after its publication in the Official Gazette, on July 6, 2024.

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Brazil – Article: The Brazilian State has assured the human right to adequate food for people with celiac disease?

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Introduction: By assuming adequate food as a social right, the Brazilian State became the bearer of the duty to respect, provide, promote and protect the Human Right to Adequate Food (HRAF) for all Brazilians, including celiacs. Therefore, it is essential that the State institute a normative apparatus compatible with the needs of the celiac population, guaranteeing the fulfillment of their rights. Objective: to assess whether the legislation in force in Brazil meets the demands of people with celiac disease. Methods: document analysis was adopted according to the methodology proposed by Pimentel. The set of documents analyzed is composed of all publications found that express the demands of celiacs, including: articles, manuals and complaint letters from representative bodies. Results: The incipience of legal instruments was observed, aggravated by the fact that a significant portion of the demands of the celiac population has not yet been covered by the current set of regulations. The legislation in force expresses the existence of specific initiatives in some Brazilian states and municipalities, which do not cover the entire national territory. This situation does not comply with the principle of universality that governs the HRAF, compromising the demand for compliance and reparation by public bodies for the celiac population. Conclusion: due to the punctual and incipient nature of the Brazilian legal apparatus, it remains predominantly the responsibility of civil society, individually or through representative associations, initiatives that guarantee the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food for celiacs.

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

Ecuador – Article: Organic Law of Ecuador’s Food Sovereignty Regime

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Ecuador adopted the concept of food sovereignty as a policy framework, being the first country to recognize food sovereignty in the current Constitution and later as the Food Sovereignty Law (LORSA in Spanish). However, food security is also addressed in the general and national framework.
The LORSA, in its Article 1, indicates that this Law aims to “establish mechanisms through which the State complies with its obligation and strategic objective of guaranteeing individuals, communities and peoples the self-sufficiency of healthy, nutritious and culturally appropriate food on a permanent basis”.

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Argentina – Article: Front food labeling. A suture in the fragmented ordering of food security

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This work aims to reflect upon the debate over the Promotion of Healthy Nutrition legislation 27.642, better known as frontal labeling legislation. Through a critical reflexive methodology, the potential value of the legislation is presented, as a contribution to overcome the fragmentation of the food safety regulation. First, the notion of regulatory fragmentation is explained. This notion is taken as prior assumption and analysis key. Second, the main pillars of this legislation are presented, as well as their contribution to the advance in the human right to food. Legislation 27642 is located precisely in the intersection of the sub-sectors that the regulation is fragmented. It is a first attempt of a normative and inter-institutional dialogue. Then, two appreciations on the value of the law´s legislative debate are presented: the democratization of the food lawmaking process, and the advice on some critical points in the food law institutional design. Finally, some challenges that the legislation could face during the regulation process, are presented.

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Chile – Article: National food and nutrition policy of Chile

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The National Food and Nutrition Policy, was developed by the Ministry of Health of Chile in conjunction with other ministries, in 2017. This has an exempt resolution that is in force, which is No. 1864 of 2017. This Policy has two guiding principles: the human right to food and the social determination of food and nutrition. These concepts had not been explicitly considered in any public document until now. It is also oriented to the fulfillment of two Sustainable Development Goals, which are SDG 2 Zero Hunger and SDG 3 Health and Well-being.

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