4. Labeling Requirements
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Donuts with Toppings
Bolivia
This section provides information on labeling requirements and the label approval process.
4.1 Mandatory Labeling Parameters
Category
6 08 Bakery and pastry products
Please refer to Section 4.1 - Mandatory Labeling Parameters - of the "General Foods" guidebook for Bolivia for detailed guidelines on labeling of prepackaged and non-prepackaged food.
4.2 Languages
Please refer to Section 4.2 - Languages - of the "General Foods" guidebook for Bolivia.
4.3 Mandatory Information on Stickers
Please refer to Section 4.3 - Mandatory Information on Stickers - of the "General Foods" guidebook for Bolivia.
4.4 Product Legal Name
Category
6 08 Bakery and pastry products
Please refer to Section 4.4 of the "General Foods" guidebook for Bolivia.
Product
6 0806 Bakery and pastry products (others)
Same as "Category" above.
4.5 Product-specific Labeling Statements
Category
6 08 Bakery and pastry products
Declarations of Gluten
The labels of products that do not contain GLUTEN may indicate these characteristics with the following legends:
"Gluten-free food", "TACC-free", "Gluten-free" / "Alimento exento de gluten", "sin TACC", "sin Gluten".
Understanding that gluten-free foods:
a) consist of, or are made solely from, one or more ingredients that do not contain wheat (i.e., all species of Triticum), rye, barley, oats or their hybrid varieties, and whose gluten content does not exceeds 20 mg/kg in total, measured in food as sold or distributed to the consumer;
b) are made up of one or more ingredients from wheat (that is, all species of Triticum), rye, barley, oats or their hybrid varieties that have been specially processed to eliminate gluten, and whose content of gluten does not exceed 20 mg/kg in total, measured in foods as sold or distributed to the consumer. [1]
Note: “TACC” is the abbreviation in Spanish of T; wheat, A: oats, C: Rye, C: Barley.
Caffeine Statements
If ingredients containing caffeine, or caffeine as such, have been added to a food, they must appear in the list of ingredients with their specific name. Therefore, when a food intended to be consumed as is contains caffeine, regardless of its source, in a proportion of 100 to 200 mg per daily serving, the following warning must appear on the label:
"High caffeine content." / "Alto contenido de cafeína".
Only products that do not contain more than 200 mg of caffeine per daily serving will be accepted for registration as foods.
In all cases, the label must indicate the maximum daily consumption portion of the product, also indicating the following text:
“The recommended daily consumption of caffeine per person is 200 mg.” [1] / “El consumo diario recomendado de cafeína por persona es de 200 mg”.
Product
6 0806 Bakery and pastry products (others)
Same as "Category" above.
4.6 Authority Approval
Category
6 08 Bakery and pastry products
Please refer to Section 4.6 of the "General Foods" guidebook for Bolivia.
Product
6 0806 Bakery and pastry products (others)
Same as "Category" above.
4.7 Additional Notes on Labeling
Please refer to Section 4.7 of the "General Foods" guidebook for Bolivia for additional notes on:
- GMO labeling
- Labeling of irradiated foods/ingredients
- Voluntary information
- Labeling of organic food
- Labeling relating to recycling
- Labeling of Halal, Kosher, Vegan, etc.
4.8 References
1. RA N° 042 / 2023 Regulation on Labeling of Food Products for Human Consumption - SENASAG
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