The Government of Dina Boluarte will reduce this year the purchase of fresh milk that is delivered to schoolchildren through Qali Warma to prioritize the delivery of “prepared drinks for immediate consumption”, or in other words, water with oatmeal flakes, as stated The Association of Dairy Farmers of Peru has warned (Agalep). A new product […]
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Pharmacies and pharmacies will not have to renew their Certificate of Good Practices
The Specialized Room for the Elimination of Bureaucratic Barriers of Indecopi ruled against the Ministry of Health (Minsa) and declared the requirement to periodically renew the Certificate of Good Practices of the Pharmaceutical Office an illegal bureaucratic barrier. In this way, resolution 0501-2023/SEL-INDECOPI declares as a barrier the provisions of Article 127 of the Regulation […]
How much money does EsSalud provide after the death of a family member and what are the requirements?
Expenses such as burial, burial and chapel can be covered by EsSalud. We tell you how to access this amount. Join the La República WhatsApp channel Price of the dollar today in Peru: what is the exchange rate for this Tuesday, September 26? Banco de la Nación announces that transactions can be made with Yape […]
State employees will receive a salary increase and a bonus of S/600
For the second consecutive year, the Executive Branch and the public sector unions signed the Centralized Collective Agreement 2023in which economic improvements were achieved for around 565,000 state workers. The fiscal cost of this collective agreement would be around S/919 million 200,000, which has the endorsement of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF). According […]
Minsa: processed products can have octagons on “difficult to remove” stickers
The Ministry of Health (Minsa) has communicated that as of Saturday, July 1, 2023, the use of advertising warnings in the form of adhesives (stickers) or indelible printing on the front face of the label of the products is allowed. processed products that exceed the maximum parameters for sugar, sodium and saturated fataccording to the […]
Ministry of Health and Congress aligned against the use of octagons
Entrepreneurs dedicated to importing foods with high sugar, sodium, and trans and saturated fat content will no longer have to wait for a new extension to continue using adhesive octagons, after the Ministry of Health (Minsa) announced this Friday that As of today, it will submit to the ruling issued by Indecopi last April so […]
Minsa withdraws the obligation to print octagons on imported food and mypes
Just as warned The Republic Last April, as of July 2023, it will no longer be necessary for food importing companies to register printed octagons on their products, but only “difficult-to-remove” adhesives. The prerogative also reaches mypes. The decision embodied today in Supreme Decree No. 017-2023-SA of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) comes after, in […]
Congress blocks use of printed octagons
As of July 1, all processed foods must bear octagons printed on their packages, which are these black and white warnings that indicate if the product exceeds the recommended limits for sugar, sodium (salt), and saturated fat; Also, if it contains trans fats, component that has been ordered to be phased out of the market. […]
Baby formulas must have octagons
Formulas for babies or substitutes for breast milk must have octagons, as indicated by the healthy eating law (Law no. 30021), after the Executive decided to observe the autograph of the Congress of the Republic that sought to exempt them from said mandate. and despite the existence of discrepancies within this power of the State. […]
Imported products will not have a requirement for printed octagons
Companies that import processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages may continue to use the octagons on stickers. This is because the Specialized Chamber in Defense of Competition (SDC) of the Indecopi declared an unreasonable non-tariff trade barrier the ban on stickers. In this way, imported food and beverages will no longer be required to have the […]