Your third procedure must be to complete the project that defines the concept of meat and prohibits giving that name to products that are not of animal origin. This following the Senate Chamber approved the proposal in general and in particular with 29 votes in favor and 3 abstentions.
Substantively, the text seeks to ensure that what is sold as meat really is, not opening the space for substitutes. This establishes that in the event that a product incorporates other ingredients, it is expressly indicated.
The Agriculture Commission studied the motion introducing changes, hence now the deputies will have to review these changes in the next stage following the legislative recess in February.
“By the name meat, we understand the edible part of the muscles of slaughter animals such as cattle, sheep, pigs, horses, goats, camelids, and other species suitable for human consumption. Game meat in its handling, preparation, packaging, storage, distribution and sale procedures must comply with the provisions of the Food Health Regulations, and the technical standard issued for them, approved by decree of the Ministry of Health. which will be published in the Official Gazette.”
The names associated with products of animal origin, such as “hamburger”, “chorizo”, “sausage”, “cecina” or others, cannot be used to describe, promote or market food products that contain a greater proportion of matter of origin. vegetable than meat, unless they expressly, visibly and unequivocally indicate that they are of vegetable origin.
The president of the Agriculture Commission, Iván Flores, reported the rule, explaining that “our Commission listened to the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, consumers, nutritionists and related productive sectors. We see that businesses and websites offer products called meat, which has a plant origin (lentil, soy, chickpea and others), which is why we want to clarify this confusion.”
During the debate, senators Carmen Gloria Aravena, Claudia Pascual and Iván Flores spoke.
The parliamentarians reflected on the importance of giving consumers clarity regarding what they buy. It was also specified that “the intention is not to go once morest people who avoid eating meat, but to inform in the correct way regarding what is offered to the public.”
A certain strangeness was also seen that this type of matter requires a law. Faced with this, the president of the Agriculture Commission explained that “given the delay that exists in the issuance of regulations by various ministries, especially Health, we decided to present this standard.”
Likewise, the proposal was applauded considering the certainty it also provides to meat producers who, on more than one occasion, have revealed some unfair competition from the industry that generates plant foods that are sold as proteins classified as meat.
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