labeling

Brazil – ANVISA updates the question and answer guides on labeling of allergenic foods, lactose, new formulations and requirements for the use of industrial trans fats in foods

/ infoAlimentario

The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published updates to the following food-related question and answer documents:

  • Allergenic food labeling – 6th edition. The sixth edition of the Allergenic Food Labeling Questions and Answers Document contains 57 questions and answers with guidance on the topic.
  • Lactose labeling – 2nd edition. The second edition of the Lactose Labeling Questions and Answers Document contains 40 questions and answers with guidance on the topic.
  • Requirements for the use of industrial trans fats in foods – 4th edition. The fourth edition of the Question and Answer Document on Requirements for the Use of Industrial Trans Fats in Foods contains 28 questions and answers with guidance on the topic.
  • New formula labeling – 2nd edition. La segunda edición del documento de preguntas y respuestas sobre etiquetado de nuevas fórmulas contiene 26 preguntas y respuestas con orientación sobre el tema.

rotulagem-de-alergenicosDownload

rotulagem-de-lactoseDownload

gorduras-trans-industriaisDownload

rotulagem-sobre-nova-formulaDownload

Mexico – Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico denies injunction against labeling to Herdez, McCormick, Del Fuerte and Nutrisa

/ infoAlimentario

The Plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (La Corte) determined the constitutionality of the provisions that regulate the front labeling for prepackaged food and non-alcoholic beverages, to indicate the products that exceed the maximum limits of energy content, added sugars, saturated fats, sodium and other critical nutrients established by the provisions:

  • Article 212, of the General Health Law.
  • The “Modification to the Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1-2010, General labeling specifications for prepackaged food and non-alcoholic beverages – commercial and sanitary information”, published on March 27, 2020, particularly, paragraphs 4.5.3.4 and 7.1.3.
  • The Guidelines for the Organization of National Standardization Advisory Committees.
  • The Rules of Operation of the National Consultative Committee for Standardization.
  • The Rules of the National Consultative Committee for Standardization of Regulation and Sanitary Promotion.

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

Article/Brazil -Evaluation of the impact of new labeling on the food industry

/ infoAlimentario

Packaging plays a key role in the food industry due to its various functions, in addition to contributing as a source of information to consumers. In order to promote the protection of the health of the population, RDC n° 429 was published in 2020, whose objective is to establish a new standard on nutritional labeling of foods to evolve, improve the clarity and readability of the nutritional information on food labels. foods. The main alteration of this legislation is the establishment of panels on the front label of packaged products, which are information symbols instituted to inform the consumer about the high content of nutrients (sugar, fat and sodium). In this context, the objective was to evaluate the progress of changes that must be carried out by the food industry in relation to the elaboration of new labels, following the new labeling legislation, as well as the impact of these changes.

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

021bjd-1Download

Article/Brazil – Analysis of labeling of brands of whey protein powder supplements (WheyProtein) according to RDC N° 18, april 27, 2010

/ infoAlimentario

The industry of dietary supplements has increased in recent years, mainly add-ons to the base protein powder, are widely used by practitioners of bodybuilding, interested in the gain of muscle mass. In this way, to prevent the indiscriminate consumption of protein supplements by practitioners of physical activity, the present study aimed to evaluate the labels of whey protein ` whey protein sold in the shops of Fortaleza – CE, according to the standards RDC n° 18, 27 April 2010. This is a quantitative study, exploratory and descriptive, where there has been a review of different brands of protein supplements whey. The samples were selected according to the indication of protein supplements, being analyzed in accordance with availability of shops, the municipality of Fortaleza – CE. Were evaluated 20 brands, of these, only 80% were in compliance with the legislation, while 20% were in disagreement. With regard to the non- conformities highlighted the lack of information, ` The expressions: anabolic, muscle hypertrophy in 20% of the labels, and the description `Images, and or expressions regarding weight loss, muscle mass gain 10% were in disagreement. As the Addition of fibers 75 % were in disagreement with the legislation. With this, we highlight the need of continuous surveillance and effective of the labels of supplements for athletes and practitioners of physical activity, with a guarantee that consumers have access to trusted information about the product. It is concluded that a large part of the labels of protein supplements for athletes had some type of inadequacy in accordance with the proposed objective.

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

311bjhr-1Download

Peru – INDECOPI imposes fine on Gloria because the labeling of its product ‘Soy Vida’ would generate confusion

/ infoAlimentario

The company Gloria was fined in the first instance by the Consumer Protection Commission N°2 of Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (INDECOPI in Spanish) for stating on the label of its product ‘Soy Vida’ of 150 gr and 400 gr the denomination ‘evaporated soy milk’ and on the 1L label ‘UHT soy milk’, misleading consumers, making them think that it was indeed evaporated milk although, due to its composition, this would not be true.

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