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01/02/2015
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The Defense Institute of Cosumidor (Idec) launches campaign to show the importance of knowing the origin of food. According Idec, in Brazil, buyers have very little access to such issues as: the region where the food was produced, under what conditions it was made and what substances were used during the production chain, to reach the supermarket.
"Knowing where food comes from means knowing information about how the food was grown, whether or not used pesticides and the amount used is within the limit established by law, find the distance between where the food was produced and where it is being sold because the closer, fresher and cleaner are issued in transportation, "explains nutritionist Idec, Ana Paula Bortoletto.
The campaign comes from where? aims to promote food traceability, an issue that has not yet been regulated in Brazil. Some supermarket chains and producers have their own initiatives to provide this information. According to Ana Paula, the practice already exists in several countries, especially in Europe, which promotes inclusive, the food producer's name. According to the nutritionist, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) also discusses internally one setting to the country.
The goal of the campaign is to raise awareness Idec consumers, "the consumer can seek infomação the supermarket itself, because they have to control the food source for, if there is some contamination, easily identify where the problem is and take the product of movement. the consumer can also collect more information from the supermarket. in addition, when it comes to the public Discussing the regulations by ANVISA, the consumer may support the initiative, "says Ana Paula.
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The ideial, according Idec, is that the supermarket shelves indicate the product, the variety, the producer and the distribution center - when, CPF / CNPJ, address, date of production, batch or whether or not use of pesticides .
The institute conducted pequisa showing that the main problem is in the bulk foods, only 0.06% of the food have some consumer information. Among the packaged foods, are 42.6%. Organic foods are ahead and add 56.5% against 28.7% of the conventional.
Video on Youtube, journalist Francine Lima, creator of Field channel to the Bureau, which discusses the nutritional composition of processed foods presents another way to trace the origin of food using smartphones with internet access, which can be added to the posters.
Some producers already use the technology and put on the packaging a label with links or codes that allow access to information about the food. "Tracking systems are used to tell the story of life of the food. In the case of meat traced, the system can count on which farm the cow lived, what he ate, in which slaughterhouse and when he died, when he was delivered to the supermarket. All of this information about the ox life are recorded in the computer system that can be accessed via the Internet, "said the journalist. The same applies Other fruits and vegetables and foods.
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