The Americas – Peru: DIGEMID updates the vitamins, minerals and other nutrients allowed in the manufacture of dietetic products (dietary supplements)

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

Through Resolution No. 025-2022-DIGEMID-DG-MINS, the General Directorate of Medicines, Supplies and Drugs (DIGEMID in Spanish), approved the list of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients allowed in the manufacture of dietary products.
This new Resolution supersedes Directorial Resolution No. 177-2013-DIGEMID-DG-MINSA dated August 22, 2013.

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

The Americas – Paraguay: Draft Resolution on food additives

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

The National Institute of Food and Nutrition (INAN in Spanish) published the Draft Resolution of the Common Market Group on Modification of GMC Resolutions No. 50/97, 08/06, 09/06, 02/08, 63/18 on Food Additives, with the objective of updating food additives and their maximum concentrations.
food additives and their maximum concentrations.

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

The Americas – Brazil: Resolution on the restriction of the use of trans fats food industries

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

Resolution No. 632 of March 24, 2022, was published in the Official Journal of the Union, which provides for the restriction of the use of industrial trans fats in foods. The new resolution applies to all foods, including beverages, ingredients, food additives and processing aids, including those intended exclusively for industrial processing and those intended for food services.

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The Americas – Argentina: Nutritional seals and warnings system developed

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Nutritional Stamps and Warnings System (Provision 2673/2022) is a tool created within the Federal Information System for Food Control Management (SIFeGA in Spanish) for the consultation and management of the procedures established by Law No. 27,642 and its Regulatory Decree No. 151/2022, within the framework of the powers conferred to ANMAT through the National Food Institute. This system is integrated by the following services:

Stamp Calculator: it is publicly accessible. It is used to perform the official calculation of the profile of critical nutrients, and presents the seals of warnings and cautionary legends that food products covered by the Law must include.
Affidavit: allows companies to submit the affidavit of critical nutrients, according to Article 14° and in compliance with the schedule of Article 19° of Decree No. 151/2022.
Extension manager: allows companies to submit requests for extensions and exceptions, according to article 20 of Law 27.642 and Decree 151/2022.
Search engine: allows online consultation of the public information declared on food and non-alcoholic beverages, consolidated from the sworn statements of the regulated entities.

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

The Americas – Argentina: ANMAT bans the sale of food called salt based on crickets

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish), through Provision 2675/2022, banned the sale of a condiment used in Mexican cuisine throughout the country. It is a salt made from crickets of the brand Chapulines (crickets) whose label contains the following information: “Net weight 60 g, expiration 10 JUN 2022, Elaborated by Chapulines, City of Buenos Aires – CP 1425, Argentine Industry”.
The decision was taken after verifying that the product lacked sanitary registrations, resulting in a falsely labeled product and, consequently, illegal.
In Argentina, insects are not considered by the Argentine Food Code. But a group of researchers from Conicet and the Food Safety Network published last year a report on the nutritional profile of crickets for human consumption, which once approved by the National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) would open the way for the development of the edible insects sector in the country.