Argentina – Front-of-package warning label regulations incorporated into the Food Code

The Secretariat of Health Quality and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries published Joint Resolution 7/2022, which incorporates in Article 225 and 226 in Chapter V STANDARDS FOR FOOD LABELLING AND ADVERTISING of the Argentine Food Code the rules on front-of-package warning label:

Article 225: Analcoholic foods and beverages packaged in the absence of the client or customer, which must carry nutritional information shall declare the content of total sugars and added sugars in the nutritional labeling. The declaration of total and added sugars shall be made on the nutrition labeling immediately after the declaration of carbohydrates.

Article 226: The declaration of the front nutritional labeling is mandatory in those foods and non-alcoholic beverages packaged in the absence of the client or customer to which sugars, sodium, fats or ingredients containing them have been added in their elaboration process, when in their final composition the amounts of added sugars, saturated fats, total fats, sodium and/or energy are equal or higher than the limits and conditions defined in the present article. Likewise, those foods containing sweeteners and/or caffeine must declare the cautionary legend in accordance with the provisions of this article.

Argentina: Enmienda al CAA – Resolución Conjunta 12/2021 – sobre aditivos alimentarios

ARTÍCULO 1°.- Sustitúyese del Artículo 1398 del CÓDIGO ALIMENTARIO ARGENTINO:

25. Carbonato de amonio (INS 503i)

26. Hidrógeno fosfato diamónico (INS 342ii)

27. Hidróxido de amonio (INS 527)

28. Fosfato de diácido de amonio

29. Dióxido de azufre (INS 220)

30.1 Aspartamo (INS 951)

31. Azodicarbonamida (INS 927a)

32. Azul de ultramar

39. Calcio alginato:

39.1 Ascorbato de calcio (INS 302)

40. Benzoato de calcio (INS 213)

41. Carbonato de calcio (INS 170i)

42. Ciclamato de calcio (INS 952ii)

43. Citrato tricálcico (iNS 333iii)

44. Cloruro de calcio (INS 509)

45. Difosfato dicálcico (INS 450vi)

45.1. Gluconato de calcio (INS 578)

45.1.1. Hidróxido de calcio (INS 526

45.2. Lactato de calcio (INS 327)

46. Difosfato cálcico de dihidrógeno (INS 450vii) (Fuente).