Chile Proposes Update of Title XXVIII of Foods for Special Regimes, Sanitary Regulations of Foods, Supreme Decree 977/96 Ministry of Health Article 504 Ministry of Health Proposes Update of Title XXVIII of Foods for Special Regimes, Sanitary Regulations of Foods, Supreme Decree 977/96 Ministry of Health Article 504 The proposed amendment is inserted in "TITLE XXVIII - OF FOODS FOR SPECIAL REGIMES" Paragraph III - Of commercial preparations of infant food Current text: ARTICLE 504.- The maximum nitrate content in this type of food must be less than 250 mg / kg expressed as nitrates. Proposed new text: ARTICLE 504.- The product must be prepared with special care, through good manufacturing practices, in order to completely eliminate the residues of pesticides that may be required for the production, storage or processing of raw materials or Finished food ingredient or, if technically unavoidable, to reduce them to the greatest extent possible. The product must not contain hormone residues or antibiotics determined by agreed methods of analysis and will be practically free of other pollutants especially pharmacologically active substances. Products covered: Commercial food preparations Children Proposed date of adoption (day / month / year): To be defined. Proposed date of publication (day / month / year): To be defined. Proposed date of entry into force: [] Six months from the date of publication, and / or (day / month / year): To be defined. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of distribution of the notification and / or (day / month / year): September 23, 2017 | 
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