Peru – INACAL approves new Peruvian Technical Standards on foodstuffs

The National Institute of Quality (INACAL in Spanish) through Directorial Resolution No. 011-2025-INACAL/DN approved a series of Peruvian Technical Standards (NTP in Spanish) related to food and materials in contact with food.

  1. NTP 399.024:2025. FLEXIBLE PACKAGING. Aluminum-polyethylene laminate. Requirements. 2nd Edition
    This standard is applicable to the packaging of food and pharmaceutical products.
    Use: Food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and chemical sectors.
  2. NTP-ISO 23318:2025. Milk, powdered dairy products, and cream. Determination of fat content. Gravimetric method. 1st Edition
    Specifies the method for determining the fat content of raw (cow, sheep, or goat), partially skimmed, skimmed, chemically preserved, and processed milk; powdered dairy products; and raw, processed, or soured cream. Use: Dairy industry, agribusiness, food industry, and quality control laboratories.
  3. NTP 202.194:2020/MT 1:2025 MILK AND DAIRY PRODUCTS. Ripened Cheeses. Requirements. TECHNICAL MODIFICATION 1. 1st Edition
    Establishes the requirements that ripened cheeses must meet. Uses: dairy, agri-food, and food marketing industries.
  4. NTP 204.035:2025. FISH, SEAFOOD, AND DERIVED PRODUCTS. Fishmeal. 3rd Edition
    Establishes the classification and requirements for the different types of fishmeal. Uses: fishing, aquaculture, agro-industrial, and animal feed sectors.
  5. NTP 208.027:2025. COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 4th Edition.
    Establishes the method for determining water-soluble and water-insoluble ash in cocoa products, with the exception of cocoa butter. Uses: agro-industrial, chocolate, and food sectors, and quality control.
  6. NTP 011.451:2018/MT 1:2025 ANDEAN GRAINS. Quinoa flour. Requirements. Technical Amendment 1. 1st Edition.
    Specifies the requirements that quinoa flour must meet for marketing and/or industrial uses, intended for human consumption. Use: agroindustrial, food industry, export and processing of Andean grains.

Peru – INACAL announces updates to Peruvian Technical Standards related to food additives and fruits

The National Quality Institute (INACAL in Spanish) through Nº 011-2024-INACAL/DN has announced the approval of updates to Peruvian Technical Standards related to food additives and fruits.
The new technical standards are:

  • TP 011.206:2024 FOOD ADDITIVES. Cochineal. Test method for the determination of ash. 2nd Edition.
    Replaces NTP 011.206:1988 (revised in 2021).
  • NTP 209.256:2024 FOOD ADDITIVES. Achiote and its derivatives. Determination of bixin and norbixin. 2nd Edition.
    Replaces NTP 209.256:1991 (revised in 2021).
  • NTP 011.004:2024 FRESH FRUITS. Pears. Requirements. 3rd Edition.
    Supersedes NTP 011.004:2014 (revised 2019).
  • NTP 011.013:2024 FRESH FRUITS. Pineapples. Requirements. 2nd Edition.
    Supersedes NTP 011.013:1973 (revised 2019).
  • NTP-CODEX CXS 76:2024 STANDARD FOR QUICK FROZEN BLUEBERRIES. 2nd Edition.
    Supersedes NTP-CODEX STAN 76:2018.