Latest Panama food law news

17th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods (CCCF) in Panama

New system for food sanitary registration online

Draft on food supplements registration: term for public consultation extended

Registration of food supplements rules updated

Draft Resolution on Genetically Modified Foods published

Technical regulation on quality and packaging of chicken eggs published

Regulation on paddy rice

Resolution on foods containing or derived from GMOs repealed

The new Panamanian Food Agency is officially inaugurated

The new Panamanian Food Agency officially inaugurated

President sanctions law that eliminates AUPSA and creates the Panamanian Food Agency

Law that creates the Panamanian Food Agency is approved

AUPSA Extends the Time to Introduce the OTC Certificate and Analysis

Draft of the Technical Regulation DGNTI-COPANIT 7-424-2020. Starchy food, Grains, and Whole Wheat

Decree that regulates the language in the nutritional labeling of sugary drinks publishedSpanish

Authorities coordinate actions to ensure compliance with Law 114 on sugary drinks

The Panamanian Food Safety Authority and the National Standards for Food Import establish an extension to present free sale certificates and analyses of raw materials, ingredients and industrialized or processed foods intended for human consumption

Aupsa confirms that labeling of sugary drinks must be in Spanish

Extensions period to present free sale certificates and analyses of raw materials, ingredients and industrialized or processed foods intended for human consumption

Review of the Frontal Nutrition Warning Labeling (EFAN by its Spanish acronym) at the LI Regular Meeting of Ministers of Health of Central America and the Dominican Republic

New law establishing selective tax for sugary drinks

The Panamanian Food Safety Authority and the National Standards for Food Import establish an extension to present free sale certificates and analyses of raw materials, ingredients and industrialized or processed foods intended for human consumption