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Ref : EIC 411/2, EIC 413/2, EIC 429/2, EIC 432/2
29 May 2012
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 385/2012
MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) : Technical Regulations on Supplementary Nutritional Information in Food Products
The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), which includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, issued a Resolution No. 1/2012 to establish technical regulations on supplementary nutritional information contained on the labels of the packaged food produced and sold in the MERCOSUR. The technical regulations will come into effect on 1 January 2014.
2. Supplementary nutritional information is any representation which states, suggests or implies that the food contains particular nutritional properties, especially, but not limited to, relating to its energy value and/or its content in proteins, fats, carbohydrates, dietary fibre, vitamins and minerals. It includes (1) total nutrient content and/or energy value; (2) comparative nutritional and/or energy value declarations; (3) portion size; (4) semi-prepared or readily-made food; (5) omega-3, omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids; (6) reference food; (7) cholesterol; and (8) sugars.
3. For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in MERCOSUR member countries and/or the relevant MERCOSUR Resolution (in Spanish or Portuguese), which is available at:
http://www.mercosur.int/innovaportal/v/4151/1/secretaria/
resoluciones_2012.
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4. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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