Histórico da rotulagem nutricional de alimentos no Brasil

Abstract

Introduction: The nutritional labeling is a food standardization list with the intention of informing the population on its main nutritional atributes. Objective: This work has as an objective to perform a survey over the evolution of the Brazilian food labeling legislation over the years. Method: For the elaboration of this work, there were used analysis of the legislations, ordinances and resolutions on food labeling and packaged drinks. Development: The history of labeling was addressed in a chronological way. The first legislation created was Law No. 6.150 from 1974 over the obligatoriness of salt iodization. After this issue, they perceived the importance on having technical norms over food quality. Furthermore, one of the main resolutions created is RDC 360/03, which made mandatory the nutritional labeling based on the stablished rules with the main objective of acting on the consumer’s benefit. Due to these advances, RDC 429/20 comes with the adoption of the frontal nutritional labeling, which is an informative symbol with the idea of clarifying for the consumer, in a simple way, over the high content of nutrients that have health relevance. Conclusion: Thereby, this revision stressed the most pertinent regulations that resulted in important advancements and legislation points that need improvement to fix misconceptions and fill gaps with bigger effectivity on the nutritional informations conveyed on food labels