The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean
The legal declarations on functional foods of the four main economic integration organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – Pacific Alliance (PA), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Central American Integration System (SICA) - are based on the Codex Al...
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| author | Claudia Verónica Gómez Gómez Ismael Gastón Castillo Cortéz Isnel Martínez Montenegro O. Lorena Ibañez San Martín |
| author_facet | Claudia Verónica Gómez Gómez Ismael Gastón Castillo Cortéz Isnel Martínez Montenegro O. Lorena Ibañez San Martín |
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| description | The legal declarations on functional foods of the four main economic integration organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – Pacific Alliance (PA), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Central American Integration System (SICA) - are based on the Codex Alimentarius system and do not regulate functional foods. The use of Codex in food marketing is an insufficient condition for its application in functional foods. Regulation based on scientific and technology results are required to be used in the economic integration organizations of LAC. Objective. The objective is to analyze the theoretical framework of the legal foundations that could govern the commercialization processes of functional foods, whose research advances have currently only been manifested in nutritional health. This article also seeks to address this gap through a systematic analysis of international regulations. Materials and methods. For this, a review of the literature emanating from two databases from 2018-2023 is carried by applying the legal-economic research method of documentary content analysis, applied to three general food marketing regulations: food safety declarations, regulations for inspections, food manufacturing and food labeling. Results. The results reveal the absence of specific legislation for functional foods in LAC economic integration organizations. Conclusions. The legal principle of marketing based on peremptory norm (also called jus cogens) can be facilitated through side letters, included in the contents of international contracts. along with the registration requirements of industrial property rights of the member countries associations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-054b59fff482403a8126268dd80768662024-03-21T13:41:39ZengSociedad Latinoamericana de NutriciónArchivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición0004-06222309-58062023-12-0173429731210.37527/2023.73.4.005The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the CaribbeanClaudia Verónica Gómez Gómez0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6160-4033Ismael Gastón Castillo Cortéz1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6021-0569Isnel Martínez Montenegro2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0322-1071O. Lorena Ibañez San Martín3https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7713-4558Universidad Católica de Temuco, Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas, Económicas y Administrativas. Departamento de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas- Ingeniería Comercial.Empresas IANSAUniversidad Católica de Temuco, Chile. Facultad de Ciencias Jurídicas, Económicas y Administrativas. Escuela de DerechoEmpresas IANSAThe legal declarations on functional foods of the four main economic integration organizations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) – Pacific Alliance (PA), Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Central American Integration System (SICA) - are based on the Codex Alimentarius system and do not regulate functional foods. The use of Codex in food marketing is an insufficient condition for its application in functional foods. Regulation based on scientific and technology results are required to be used in the economic integration organizations of LAC. Objective. The objective is to analyze the theoretical framework of the legal foundations that could govern the commercialization processes of functional foods, whose research advances have currently only been manifested in nutritional health. This article also seeks to address this gap through a systematic analysis of international regulations. Materials and methods. For this, a review of the literature emanating from two databases from 2018-2023 is carried by applying the legal-economic research method of documentary content analysis, applied to three general food marketing regulations: food safety declarations, regulations for inspections, food manufacturing and food labeling. Results. The results reveal the absence of specific legislation for functional foods in LAC economic integration organizations. Conclusions. The legal principle of marketing based on peremptory norm (also called jus cogens) can be facilitated through side letters, included in the contents of international contracts. along with the registration requirements of industrial property rights of the member countries associations. https://www.alanrevista.org/ediciones/2023/4/art-5/functional foodspacific alliancecaribbean communitysouthern common marketcentral american integration systemfood industry |
| spellingShingle | Claudia Verónica Gómez Gómez Ismael Gastón Castillo Cortéz Isnel Martínez Montenegro O. Lorena Ibañez San Martín The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición functional foods pacific alliance caribbean community southern common market central american integration system food industry |
| title | The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full | The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_fullStr | The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_short | The Regulatory Status of Functional Foods in the Economic Integration Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| title_sort | regulatory status of functional foods in the economic integration organizations of latin america and the caribbean |
| topic | functional foods pacific alliance caribbean community southern common market central american integration system food industry |
| url | https://www.alanrevista.org/ediciones/2023/4/art-5/ |
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