BRAZILIAN FOOD LAW: AN INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW

Background and objectives: One of the branches of law is in charge of legislating on food-related issues in Brazil. In a country with great territorial extension and still marked by much informality in several sectors of the production chain, it is necessary to act rigorously through a law on the pr...

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Published in:Annals of nutrition and metabolism 2017-10, Vol.71 (Suppl. 2), p.1321
Main Authors: Oneti, Ciro Félix, do Nascimento, Lucy Christiane de Souza Hossaine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chains
Commercialization
Diet
Food
Food chains
Food law
Food packaging
Food production
Food products
Food quality
Inspection
Knowledge
Legislation
Literature reviews
Nutrition
Nutrition education
Territory
Textbooks
Texts
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Summary:Background and objectives: One of the branches of law is in charge of legislating on food-related issues in Brazil. In a country with great territorial extension and still marked by much informality in several sectors of the production chain, it is necessary to act rigorously through a law on the production of foodstuffs to guarantee the protection of consumer health. Objective: To emphasize the elementary importance of the legal mechanisms acting in consonance with inspection agencies in the food production chain in the national territory. Methods: This study is an integrative literature review. The search was carried out on the SciELO platform (Scientific Electronic Library Online), with the descriptors Legislation, Food and Brazil. The platform returned 65 results, the search was filtered searching for texts strictly related to the subject and incomplete texts were duplicated, before the year 2012 or published in a language other than Portuguese, English or Spanish. There remained only nine texts. The research was complemented with textbooks. Results: Brazil has a broad legislative mechanism for the production, packaging, transport, conservation and commercialization of food products. One of the main obstacles to the fulfillment of all determinations is the difficulty of inspection in such a large territory. Added to this is the lack of knowledge of many operational procedures by the producers. It is noted that some themes also acquire bioethical connotations, as in the case of transgenics. Conclusions: This legislative branch will ensure an increase in the quality of national food production, given that the country is quite heterogeneous. Patent registration benefits greatly from such legislation, and any crimes of this scope end up being inhibited.
ISSN:0250-6807
1421-9697
DOI:10.1159/000480486