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07/04/2012
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Chicken with brown sauce, sweets made of copper cauldron, Minas cheese and Canastra, honey and indigenous wooden utensils are restricted to considerations of health and also marketing. Some of the barriers imposed by ANVISA and other Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAP). All restrictions are supported by the law and face the criticism of the food industry.
Meeting in São Paulo, with the support of the tender palate, the newspaper O Estado de S. Paul, chefs and food producers launched on Sunday (1/7), the "Brazilian Cozinhista Manifesto," which criticized the restrictions of ANVISA and the MAP and defend the culture and culinary habits regional, household production, the agrobiodiversity and even gourmet meals sold on the street.
The Special Advisor to the President of the Agency, Norberto Rech, highlighted the importance of the event in the debate by proposing solutions. According to Rech, "what interests the regulatory agency is to identify whether there is a risk to health and to what degree." He also pointed out that can be structured a supply chain restricted to this sector of the national cuisine and suggested the debate over a possible sectoral agreement.
Inclusion productive
Denise Resende, General Manager of Food from ANVISA, and Ligia Schreiner, an expert in food Agency, stressed that the national legislation for food can be supplemented by state laws that address the peculiarities, preserving aspects of regional cuisine. The manager suggested to the participants of the debate to a seminar on the subject to seek solutions.
The chef Alex Atala, like other gastronomes present at the meeting, made the defense of knowledge and local culture to the gastronomic history of Brazil is preserved. "What we have here is our agrobiodiversity cooking and it must be respected," he said.
Concluding the meeting, Norberto Rech cited as an example of successful supply chain restricted to National Policy on Herbal Medicines, approved by President Rousseff, which includes the small family production, respecting the local culture. Rech also said that Anvisa integrates a government action that promotes the productive inclusion in health security in partnership with public and private entities.
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Source: Anvisa
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