The Consumer Protection Commission N ° 3 (CC3) of Indecopi decided, by majority vote, to vary the precautionary measure ordering the cessation of the distribution and commercialization of the 900 g Panettone. of the Tottus brand, for allegedly having exceeded the limit of allowed trans fat content.
Through Resolution No. 166-2021 / CC3, the regulatory body requires Hipermercados Tottus SA to certify, from now on, that all batches of panettone that it makes available to consumers do not contain trans fats or, if there are any , are within the parameters allowed by Supreme Decree No. 033-2016-SA
The votes in favor of varying the precautionary measure were cast by Juan Manuel Garcia Y Marcos Agurto. While, Delia morales cast a vote in the singular and Fernando Lazarte in disagreement, the latter after considering that “in application of the pro-consumer principle and in safeguarding the collective and diffuse interests of consumers, it would not be appropriate to lift or modify the measure.”
Ángela Sevilla, Technical Secretary, Consumer Protection Commission No. 3, He specified for the Republic that it is not about a lifting of the precautionary measure against the company -which is still ongoing-, but a variation that could allow the company to put its banned products up for sale again, while issuing, for each batch, an express certification on its food safety.
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“We continue with the sanctioning process. We need the company (Tottus) to ensure that the panettones it offers do not exceed the permitted limits for trans fats. If tomorrow a lot is put up for sale, it must be tested and that its sample is verified that it does not contain these fats ”, he specified.
It is not about panettones that can be produced from now on; but of any panettone, whether or not it is produced at this time, that can be certified by a batch-by-batch examination that, in effect, it does not contain said element that is harmful to health.
It should be noted that it is up to the provider to define what a “batch”Of panettone. The Tottus company has spoken of 4 million panettones per unit that will not be able to be distributed or marketed, so the number of certifications required to be presented (and to be endorsed in Indecopi) would be too high, considering that we are three days away from Christmas Eve.
It is also not clear what will happen if after reviewing the new laboratory reports the results come back positive for excess trans fats, because by then the panettones would already be consumed. Above all, because for the public sector there will be a long holiday until Monday, December 27.
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