The regulation of ultra-processed food products: the challenge of ruling the market.

The relationship between the consumption of ultra-processed food products and the increase in obesity and the risk of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) has prompted international organizations to mobilize governments to regulate the reduction of the levels of sugars, fats and sodium in such products. The article analyzes the understanding of different strategic subjects about the health risks associated with the ultra-processed food products, and the public intervention adopted to modify their composition, in compliance with the Brazilian National Food and Nutrition Policy (PNAN). This is a qualitative empirical investigation, in which representatives of 12 institutions were interviewed.

[Risk Analysis applied to food safety in Brazil: prospects and challenges].

The scope of this case study is to discuss the ideas of the Brazilian Codex Alimentarius Committee (CCAB) coordinated by National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Inmetro), with respect to the Codex Alimentarius norm on Risk Analysis (RA) applied to Food Safety. The objectives of this investigation were to identify and analyze the opinion of CCAB members on RA and to register their proposals for the application of this norm in Brazil, highlighting the local limitations and potential detected. CCAB members were found to be in favor of the Codex Alimentarius initiative of instituting an RA norm to promote the health safety of foods that circulate on the international market.