Avaliação da conformidade da rotulagem de iogurtes e de bebidas lácteas

Abstract

Food labeling is of great importance as it is related to the direct communication of companies with consumers. It provides important information related to product conservation, nutritional value, shelf life, composition, among others. Due to the mandatory information required by the legislation, as well as its recent update, the importance of food industries to adapt the labels of their products and constantly review them is unquestionable. Dairy products are widely consumed by the population, and consumption ranges from fluid milk as well as derivatives, such as yogurts and dairy drinks. The objective of this work was to evaluate the mandatory items in the labeling of yogurts and dairy drinks sold in the municipalities of Itaberaí and Santa Rosa - GO. 10 brands of yogurts and 10 brands of UHT dairy drinks were evaluated. The brands were acquired through photographic registration during the period of August 2021 and September 2021. The labels were analyzed regarding the presentation of nutritional information and mandatory basic data. The data obtained were compared with the current norms and check list model tables were used, in which the evaluations resulted in classifications of the type “conform”, “nonconform” and “not applicable”, for each of the evaluated items. The collected data were tabulated in Microsoft Office Excel and the results were expressed in percentage (%) using tables. Most of the labels analyzed showed some non-compliance in the analyzed legislation, the most non-conformities found were in RDC N ° 259/2002, RDC N ° 359/2003 and RDC N ° 67/2020 for both yogurts and dairy drinks, some of nonconformities are: lack of homemade measure, lack of word designations “yogurt flavor”, lack of the presence of the heat treatment in which the dairy drinks were submitted, lack of the expression “net content” or net weight”. Therefore, this study indicates that there is a lack of inspections by the competent bodies in the food industries so that the industries comply with the labels with the current legislation.