Conformidade dos rótulos de produtos cárneos após atualização do RIISPOA

Abstract

With Decree 30.691 of March 29, 1952, inspection was regulated by the Regulation of the Industrial and Sanitary Inspection of Products of Animal Origin (RIISPOA), which consolidated a meticulous and complex hygiene-sanitary and technological code, covering all meat legislation , poultry, milk, fish, eggs, honey and beeswax. In order to continue with the progress of the productive sector, RIISPOA demanded an update on hygienic sanitary concepts and requirements, since it was considered out of date in its last years of existence, making it difficult to modernize products and processes, being replaced on March 29, 2017, by Decree No. 9,013 established new RIISPOA. The modernization of this regulation meets the needs of companies to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture, especially with regard to the declaration of the percentage of water in the main panel and to obtain continuous improvements in the processes, making the immediate adjustments in the labeling and packaging of the products. The aims of this work was to evaluate the conformity of the labeling of processed meat products of different brands commercialized in the city of Medianeira/PR and region in relation to RIISPOA and other pertinent legislation of the area. Samples (images) were collected from four varieties, being mortadellas, fresh sausages, burgers and cooked ham from different commercial brands and evaluated the label using a check list of conformities and nonconformities. The check list addressed the requirements of the relevant legislation for the labeling of meat products, in particular the RIISPOA in force, regarding the declaration requirements on the label of percentages of vegetables and meat (Article 455) and the percentage of water added (Article 456). At the same time, the check list also dealt with conformities and nonconformities regarding previous legislation such as the technical regulations on general food labeling and specifically for meat products (ANVISA/DC Resolution No. 259 of September 20, 2002 and Regulatory Instruction No. 22 of 24 November 26, 2005), Resolution ANVISA/DC No. 26 of July 2, 2015, which regulates the declaration of allergens and, finally, Law No. 10,674 of May 16, 2003, which regulates the declaration of presence or absence of gluten. It was possible to verify that for the oldest laws such as RDC nº 259/2002, IN nº 22/2005 and law nº 10,674/2003, independent of the type of inspection (state or federal), are consolidated with100% conformity on evaluated samples. However, it was observed that adherence to more recent standards such as RDC No. 26/2015 and RIISPOA/2017 has not yet been completed. It should be noted that 10% of mortadella labels did not indicate the mention of allergens. In addition, 30% of mortadellas, 20% of hamburgers and 14% of fresh sausages presented nonconformities on their labels to update RIISPOA/2017, of which 55% related to the percentage of vegetable ingredients and 45% to the addition of water.