Brazil: New regulation published for hamburger production

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (Mapa) published, this Monday (26), Ordinance No. 724 that brings the new Technical Regulation of Identity and Quality for hamburgers produced in establishments under the Federal Inspection Service (SIF), like refrigerators. The establishments will have a period of one year to adapt to the norms. The new regulation does not apply to the hamburger produced in butchers, supermarkets and establishments registered in other spheres of inspection, such as state and municipal inspection services that are not yet part of the Brazilian System of Inspection of Products of Animal Origin (SISBI). The hamburger is an industrialized meat product obtained from the ground meat of butchery animals, with or without the addition of adipose tissue and ingredients, molded into a disc or oval shape, and subjected to an appropriate technological process. Among the novelties in the new regulation are: - The hamburger can be molded into other formats ...