Resolution on prohibition of marketing and use of essences and extracts in foods published
Argentina
Apr 20, 2023
The Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and Secretariat of Quality in Health by Joint Resolution 9/2023 published in the Argentine Food Code an amendment to Article 1. 320, which prohibits the sale and use in the food industry of essences and extracts of: Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), Tonka Bean, Sassafras (Sassafras albidum), Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), and of the following components of natural essences: Coumarins and Hydroxycoumarins, Pinocanfone, Safrol, and those that in the future may be prohibited by the national health authority.
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