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Loading ...Nutrition Labeling for Airline Food in Brazil?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009Brazil’s Federal Public Ministry (MPF) has “recommended” to all Brazilian airline companies* to comply with Law 10.674 (requiring consumers to be informed whether foods contain gluten or not) and existing National Sanitary Vigilance Agency (Anvisa) regulations on nutrition labeling (Resolutions RDC 359/03 and 360/03) within the next 30 days. The Anvisa regulations impose mandatory nutrition […]
IDB & The National Geographic Society Join Forces to Promote Sustainable Tourism
Saturday, October 18th, 2008From the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB): IDB, The National Geographic Society to jointly promote sustainable tourism The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and The National Geographic Society have joined efforts to promote initiatives aimed at developing sustainable tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean. IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno and John Fahey, President of The National […]
Nominate a LAC Candidate for the Skål Ecotourism Award!
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008One of the downsides of being so long away from regular blogging is the tremendous backlog of things I wish to cover. This is one I really regret being late with, since the deadline for nominating candidates for the award is 30 June. There are many worthy candidates in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) […]
Consumer Protection in LAC V – A Sample Panorama of LAC Consumer News
Friday, May 11th, 2007When I started this series, I promised a five-part overview of consumer protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). So far I’ve looked at how consumer agencies and consumer NGOs in the region celebrated World Consumer Rights Day, how intergovernmental bodies have influenced the development of consumer law in the region, the panorama of […]