The Americas – Argentina: Front-end labeling law to be enforced between August and September

14/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

The Secretary of Access to Health, Sandra Tirado, confirmed this Wednesday that the front labeling law will start to be applied “between August and September” and explained that the products will have “a black seal, octagonal in shape, with white letters, very clear and visible”.

The official assured that the articles that will appear on the shelves with the black label will be those of large industries because Law 27.642 on Promotion of Healthy Food was regulated in March and this group has up to 6 months to adapt while the small and medium industry has 1 year for its adaptation.

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

The Americas – Brazil: Webinar/Anvisa: Sanitary requirements for vegetable oils and fats

14/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

ANVISA informs about the realization, on Monday, April 18, from 15h, a webinar on sanitary requirements for vegetable oils and fats.
Its objective is to clarify doubts about the Resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) 481/2021 and the Normative Instruction (IN) 87/2021, which deal with the subject.

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

Around the World – Spain: The fruit and vegetable sector requires improvements to the Decree on the advertising of food and beverages to children

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

Twenty-seven associations and companies of the Spanish fruit and vegetable sector request the improvement of the draft Royal Decree, which is currently being developed by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, to reinforce healthy eating among children.

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

Around the World – Spain: Exceptional and temporary labeling measures under Regulation (EU) 1169/2011

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

The regulation (twentieth additional provision) will allow companies to relabel products whose composition has been reformulated as long as the availability of certain resources is compromised for supply reasons.

Operators will therefore be able to use adhesive labels or stickers, ink-jet printing or other equivalent systems. The mandatory requirement is that they contain updated information on the ingredients replacing those previously used.

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

Articles – Chile: Study: Front-Pack Symbols Affect Buying

12/04/2022 / infoAlimentario

Front-of-package symbols appear to have had an effect on breakfast cereal consumers in Chile, prompting them toward healthier products, according to new research.

The study, by an American and an Israeli researcher, looked at consumption patterns in Chile, the country with the most advanced front-of-pack warning label system. In 2016, Chile mandated symbols for food products with high levels of sugar, saturated fat, sodium and calories. The symbols are hexagonal, like stop signs, and the warnings read “Alto en [nutrient]”; the Spanish word alto means both “high” and “stop.”