The regulation is the result of the work between different areas of the government and family farming organizations and enables the production of homemade, artisanal and traditional foods from small and medium-scale entrepreneurs in private homes.
The resolution of the National Food Commission includes pickles, jams, baked goods, cheese, dulce de leche and yerba mate in the Argentine Food Code.
According to Andrea Maggio, director of INTA's Center for Research and Technological Development for Family Farming, "achieving this regulation meant a great deal of inter-institutional work aimed at adapting the regulations in force to include family farming products".
Lucía González Espinosa, coordinator of Family Agriculture of the National Agri-Food Health and Quality Service, Senasa, pointed out that the proposal, in addition to strengthening the National Food Control System, will make it possible to formalize the addition of value to regional production.
Source: INTA
