The National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI in Spanish) published on its website the draft Supreme Decree that approves the Technical Regulation on Labeling of Genetically Modified Foods, as provided by a Ministerial Resolution of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
The purpose of the draft Technical Regulation is to establish the rules for the labeling of packaged foods containing genetically modified components, whether domestic or imported, in order to protect consumers’ right to information. According to the proposal, products that include genetically modified components must indicate on their labeling the phrases: “Genetically Modified Food” or “GM Food”. For packages smaller than 10 cm², the acronym “GM” may be used.
Its provisions will apply to producers, manufacturers or importers of packaged foods that fall under the tariff subheadings detailed in Annex 1 of the technical document. The draft regulation seeks to ensure that consumers can make informed and responsible purchasing decisions.
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Brazil – Food insecurity and labeling of transgenic foods in Brazil: an overview of legislative advances and setbacks, from the perspective of the human right to adequate food
This work is a continuation of the research published in the Revista CEJ, of the Brazilian Federal Court, in 2018, and presented at the II International Congress of Public Law: justice and the enforcement of human rights, held at the University of Coimbra/Portugal, in 2017. The labeling of transgenic foods is addressed as a means of guaranteeing full access to the Human Right to Adequate Food, in order to guarantee the promotion of Food and Nutritional Security to consumers. The current research aims to update the previous work, taking into account the context of worsening food insecurity rates in Brazil, especially in the post-Covid-19 pandemic period, and also taking into account the new resolutions of Anvisa that deal with food labeling, as well as the unarchiving, in the Federal Senate, of the Bill addressed in the previous research, known as “PL to end transgenic labeling”, seeking a critical approach to its possible effects. The essay uses the deductive method to compose a bibliographical research, using legislation, doctrine, jurisprudence and data contained in public and private information banks as sources.
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