The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (Anmat) decreed the prohibition throughout the national territory and on online sales platforms of the production, fractionation and marketing of a brand of olive oil. This measure is due to the fact that the product “lacks establishment and product records, is falsely labeled” and is, consequently, illegal.
Provision 680/2024, published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette, arises from an investigation carried out by the National Food Institute (INAL) through the Federal Information System for Food Control Management (SiFeGA). The investigation focused on the authenticity of the product labeled “Olive oil, Blend Extra Virgin, Finca La Anita brand” in its 5000 cc presentation”.
Due to the promotion and advertising of the product on online sales platforms, the Monitoring and Supervision Program for Advertising and Product Promotion subject to Health Surveillance to evaluate the measures to be implemented.
“The product is in violation of article 3 of Law 18284, article 3 of Annex II of Decree 2126/71 and articles 6 bis, 13 and 155 of the Argentine Food Code (CAA), for lack of health registration of establishment and product, and for being falsely labeled by displaying registration numbers on its label that have been deregistered and belong to another company, turning out to be consequently an illegal product“, they point out in the publication.
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Furthermore, they emphasize that since it is a preparation that “cannot be reliably identified and clear as produced, processed and/or divided in a specific establishment, It may not be produced in any part of the country, nor marketed or sold in the territory of the Republic.“.
“In attention to the detailed circumstances and in order to protect the health of citizens from the consumption of illegal products, whenever they are food products that lack registration, which is why their traceability, manufacturing conditions cannot be guaranteed. , its quality with adequate levels of control under the conditions established by current regulations and its safety, The Department of Food Regulations of the INAL recommends prohibiting the production, fractionation and marketing of the aforementioned food throughout the national territory.“he concludes.