In August and September, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) will conduct a series of Virtual Sector Dialogues to engage the public in discussions regarding the proposed updates to the regulations on general labeling, nutritional information, and allergens.

These meetings will be led by the General Directorate of Food Management (GGALI in Portuguese) and aim to present the progress of ongoing regulatory processes, clarify any questions, and encourage public participation in future public consultations.

Participation in these events is open to all sectors of society and does not require prior registration. The meetings will be held via the Microsoft Teams platform, using the access links provided below.

During the dialogues, the main proposed changes to the regulations will be discussed, including topics under consideration within the framework of Mercosur and recommendations from the Codex Alimentarius. Furthermore, GGALI will provide participants with supporting technical documents prior to each meeting to substantiate the discussions.

1) Virtual Sector Dialogue on the Review of General, Nutritional, and Allergen Labeling Regulations.

2) Virtual Sector Dialogue on the Review of General Food Labeling Regulations.

3) Virtual Sector Dialogue on the Review of Food Allergen Labeling Regulations.

4) Virtual Sector Dialogue on the Review of Nutritional Labeling Regulations.

The President of the Republic, Claudia Sheinbaum, called on the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN in Spanish) to “protect health, in legal terms”, after being questioned about appeals filed against food labeling.

During her morning press conference, the mayor was questioned about the Court’s decision to postpone a resolution of the appeals filed by companies and affirmed that “labeling is something fundamental”, and highlighted that even “the most neoliberals” talked about the importance of information for the consumer.

Researchers from the Federal Institute of Pará (IFPA in Portuguese), Marabá Rural Campus, created the booklet: “Food Labeling: Guidelines for the preparation of food labels in family agribusiness”, available for free at the link. The objective is to provide examples and instructions for the preparation of labels for products such as honey, fruit pulp, dulce de leche, dehydrated fruits and herbs, liqueur, cupuaçu cream, tucupi and free-range chicken eggs.

This work aims to analyze the characteristics of the legislative codification technique in Argentina, and whether, since the enactment of the Food Code to the present, this technique has been affected by a decoding normative evolution, considering the food labeling regime a particular study case. As a result, three lines of legislative alteration or modification distorting the mentioned technique re identified. This generates inconsistencies and ambiguities in the legislation, and consequent negative effects on the application, compliance and understanding of food regulations in the industry.