Argentina will raise objections to Brazilian sanitary regulations

Published 2023년 9월 6일

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Brazil has initiated a public consultation before implementing a new regulation for frozen fish, fish in frozen brine, and fish in frozen brine for preserves. Argentina plans to raise objections to the regulation, particularly concerning quality parameters related to pH and sodium limits, as well as the issue of parasites. Argentina will present its objections in two paragraphs of Article 10 and two paragraphs of Article 13, focusing on outdated parameters and restrictive standards for parasites that do not pose a health risk.

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Brazil enabled a public consultation before putting into force the Ordinance SDA/MAPA No. 832 that it approved last June and which includes the new "Technical Regulation of Identity and Quality, for frozen fish, fish in frozen brine and fish in frozen brine for preserves”. The deadline for the consultation is September 17 and beyond the concern that Dr. Boris Bogoslavsky expressed in this medium last week, Argentina works in a national position that will raise objections to the Brazilian health document, mainly in two aspects: quality parameters, referring to the pH and sodium limits contemplated in the ordinance, and the issue of parasites. This joint work was convened by the Undersecretary of Fisheries shortly after the new regulation was announced and members of Senasa, INIDEP, UNMdP, IIMyC, Javier Dufourquet, Argentine Agricultural Attaché in Brazil, the National Food Network, representatives of chambers of the fishing and the quality specialists of the fishing and exporting ...

Source: Agromeat