Argentina – Modification of the definition of millet grain in the Argentine Food Code

By means of Joint Resolution 3/2025, the Secretariat of Health Management and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries have published the modification of the definition of millet grain:

ARTICLE 1. Article 676 is hereby incorporated into the Argentine Food Code and shall read as follows: “Article 676: The term millet grain means the whole or decorticated grain obtained from Pennisetum americanum L (pearl millet) and Panicum miliaceum (millet).
Millet grains must be whole or decorticated and, if necessary, have been adequately dried.

  • Whole grains: millet grains obtained after proper threshing without any mechanical treatment.
  • Decorticated grains are millet grains from which the external parts, which constitute 20% to 22% of the weight of the whole grain, have been removed in an appropriate manner and by mechanical means.