healht claims

Brazil – DICOL announces review of regulations on new ingredients, food supplements, and health claims list at its 6th meeting

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The agenda for the day included the proposals for public consultation of the IN to establish specifications for the identity, purity and composition of ingredients authorized for use in food; for public consultation of the RDC to amend RDC 243/2018, which provides for health requirements for food supplements, RDC/2023, which provides for safety testing and authorization for use of novel foods and novel ingredients, and IN/2018, which provides for lists of components, limits of use, declarations and supplementary labeling of food supplements.

Argentina – Draft resolution on the use of healht claims in food advertising and approval requirements for the granting of the National Food Product Registration

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The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) published a project (ANMAT-ALI-DPS 001-00) on the use of health claims for use in advertising and for the purpose of being submitted to the competent health authority prior to the granting of the National Registry of Food Products (RNPA in Spanish).

Health claims may not be used:

  • Formulas for infants and children up to THIRTY SIX (36) months of age, which shall be subject to those established by the regulations in force and the guidelines of the International Code of Breast Milk Substitutes.
  • Foods for Specific Medical Purposes, which are formulated to satisfy special needs and shall be subject to the regulations in force.
  • Analcoholic packaged foods and beverages containing at least one warning seal as established by the as established by Law No. 27.642, Decree No. 151/22 and ANMAT Provision No. 6924/22.
  • Alcoholic beverages, which shall be subject to the provisions of the regulations in force.

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

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