Clipping of news on Brazilian Culture, Law and Citizenship
04/14/2016
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.
transparent image
Source: Idec
In a meeting with Anvisa, Institute discussed updating the rules on nutrition labeling, completing 10 years of operation in July, and called for priority to theme
On the last day 7, IDEC was in Brasilia (DF) to attend a meeting about changes in the rules of nutritional labeling of food, which will complete 10 years in force in July. The meeting was the last of the National Agency Working Group for Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA), created from the recommendation of the National Council of Food and Nutrition Security (CONSEA), which the Institute is part.
"The group has been discussing since 2014 the problems of the current rules for the nutrient declaration in the nutritional table and other limitations that hinder the understanding of consumers on the composition of packaged foods," explains nutritionist Idec, Ana Paula Bortoletto.
Among the changes discussed to improve the nutrition labeling, the Institute argues that the amount of nutrients is reported per 100 g of food (or packaging), not per portion as occurs today. "The portions used today often represent an unreal amount of consumption of the product. For example, in the case of cookies, typically 30 grams, which corresponds to only two or three biscuits package ", points Paula.
Another proposal put forward is the inclusion of nutrition information on the front of the packaging, highlighting the health risks in processed food packaging and ultraprocessados, following the criteria of the Pan American Health Organization classification model (PAHO).
Despite the progress in the discussions, Anvisa forecast is that the issue is regulated only in 2017. "The Idec believes that the matter should be treated as a priority, considering the rapid growth of chronic diseases related to unhealthy diets in the country, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and hypertension diabetes, "notes Bortoletto.
So Idec will continue pushing for these changes to be approved as soon as possible.
Source: Idec
To access the IDEC website, click here.
Our news are taken in full of our partner sites. For this reason, we can not change their content even in cases of typographical errors.
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.