CNA participates in a public hearing that discussed the technical regulation of roasted coffee in Brazil

Brasília (03/14/2022) – The Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil (CNA) discussed, on Thursday (10) and Friday (11), at a public hearing in Brasília, the proposals to amend the draft of the Technical Regulation of Coffee Toasted proposed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) which was under public consultation through Ordinance No. 364/2021. The document was in public consultation for 115 days. During the meeting, a technical debate was held and the final draft of the text should be published in the coming weeks. According to the coordinator of Agricultural Production at CNA, Maciel Silva, the creation of a technical regulation is an old and recurring demand of coffee growers. “The CNA has been teasing the industry about the need for this standard for years. The sector has been outdated for at least twenty years with regard to the regulation of roasted and ground coffee”, he said. According to Silva, despite the legal competence, Mapa so far ...