7.2 Yerba Mate Regulation in Argentina and Brazil
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commercially oriented provisions related to yerba mate commerce (Poder Ejecutivo
Nacional 1969). The last amendment in force is actually the Resolución Conjunta
Nº 43/2013 y 59/2013—Modificación del Código Alimentario Argentino (1 February
2013) (Secretaría de Políticas, Regulación e Institutos, and Secretaría de Agricultura,
Ganadería y Pesca 2013). The interested reader is invited to consult the main regulation and its amendments. Another interesting document, in relation to yerba mate
commerce, is the Resolución Nº 9/2017—Apruébase el Régimen de Documentación
de Movimientos de Yerba Mate (19 January 2017) (INYM 2017), lastly modified by
Resolution 153/2017.
With reference to Brazil, the second yerba mate producer, a ‘National Policy on
Yerba Mate’, has been issued in Brazil (3 January 2019) with the aim of enhancing the
production, quality, and the general commerce for this vegetable product (Presidência
da República 2019). The document has the same objectives of the Argentinean INYM,
including not only the safety of consumers, but also the defence of environmental
sustainability.
For the rest, regulatory norms in South America often refer to particular documents
of the Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) (European Commission 2019), the
common South American market, and agreements with other economic areas such
as the European Union (EU) (European Commission 2020). According to the Trade
Part of the Agreement following the agreement in principle announced on 28 June
2019 (Agreement between the EU and the MERCOSUR) (European Commission
2019), yerba mate is considered in the category of ‘beverages’ when speaking of
‘Yerba Mate Argentina/ Yerba Mate Elaborada con Palo’ (origin: Argentina), ‘other
beverages’ as ‘Yerbamate Paraguaya’ (Paraguay), or ‘mate herb’ with concern to
‘São Matheus’ (Brazil). General features concerning yerba mate are discussed in the
MERCOSUR’s Technical Regulation for the Labelling of Packed Food, Resolution
Nº 26 /2003 (Sniechowski and Paul 2008), influencing also National Regulations
such as the Uruguay’s Decreto Nº 32/015—Límites de contaminantes en yerba mate,
with reference to limits of contaminant in this product. The interested reader is invited
to consult the related literature.
References
Croge CP, Cuquel FL, Pintro PTM (2020) Yerba mate: cultivation systems, processing and chemical
composition. A review Scientia Agricola 78(5):e20190259. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-992X2019-0259
European Commission (2019) New EU-Mercosur trade agreement—the agreement in principle,
Brussels, 1 July 2019. European Commission, Brussels. Available https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doc
lib/docs/2019/june/tradoc_157964.pdf. Accessed 11 Dec 2020
European Commission (2020) EU Novel food catalogue. European Commission, Brussels.
Available https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public. Accessed 11 Dec
2020
Gortari J (2007) El Instituto Nacional de la Yerba Mate (INYM) como dispositivo político de
economía social”. In: Gortari J (ed) De la tierra sin mal al tractorazo. Hacia una economía
política de la yerba mate. Ed. Universitaria, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas
71
commercially oriented provisions related to yerba mate commerce (Poder Ejecutivo
Nacional 1969). The last amendment in force is actually the Resolución Conjunta
Nº 43/2013 y 59/2013—Modificación del Código Alimentario Argentino (1 February
2013) (Secretaría de Políticas, Regulación e Institutos, and Secretaría de Agricultura,
Ganadería y Pesca 2013). The interested reader is invited to consult the main regulation and its amendments. Another interesting document, in relation to yerba mate
commerce, is the Resolución Nº 9/2017—Apruébase el Régimen de Documentación
de Movimientos de Yerba Mate (19 January 2017) (INYM 2017), lastly modified by
Resolution 153/2017.
With reference to Brazil, the second yerba mate producer, a ‘National Policy on
Yerba Mate’, has been issued in Brazil (3 January 2019) with the aim of enhancing the
production, quality, and the general commerce for this vegetable product (Presidência
da República 2019). The document has the same objectives of the Argentinean INYM,
including not only the safety of consumers, but also the defence of environmental
sustainability.
For the rest, regulatory norms in South America often refer to particular documents
of the Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) (European Commission 2019), the
common South American market, and agreements with other economic areas such
as the European Union (EU) (European Commission 2020). According to the Trade
Part of the Agreement following the agreement in principle announced on 28 June
2019 (Agreement between the EU and the MERCOSUR) (European Commission
2019), yerba mate is considered in the category of ‘beverages’ when speaking of
‘Yerba Mate Argentina/ Yerba Mate Elaborada con Palo’ (origin: Argentina), ‘other
beverages’ as ‘Yerbamate Paraguaya’ (Paraguay), or ‘mate herb’ with concern to
‘São Matheus’ (Brazil). General features concerning yerba mate are discussed in the
MERCOSUR’s Technical Regulation for the Labelling of Packed Food, Resolution
Nº 26 /2003 (Sniechowski and Paul 2008), influencing also National Regulations
such as the Uruguay’s Decreto Nº 32/015—Límites de contaminantes en yerba mate,
with reference to limits of contaminant in this product. The interested reader is invited
to consult the related literature.
References
Croge CP, Cuquel FL, Pintro PTM (2020) Yerba mate: cultivation systems, processing and chemical
composition. A review Scientia Agricola 78(5):e20190259. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-992X2019-0259
European Commission (2019) New EU-Mercosur trade agreement—the agreement in principle,
Brussels, 1 July 2019. European Commission, Brussels. Available https://trade.ec.europa.eu/doc
lib/docs/2019/june/tradoc_157964.pdf. Accessed 11 Dec 2020
European Commission (2020) EU Novel food catalogue. European Commission, Brussels.
Available https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/novel_food/catalogue/search/public. Accessed 11 Dec
2020
Gortari J (2007) El Instituto Nacional de la Yerba Mate (INYM) como dispositivo político de
economía social”. In: Gortari J (ed) De la tierra sin mal al tractorazo. Hacia una economía
política de la yerba mate. Ed. Universitaria, Universidad Nacional de Misiones, Posadas