The silver was declared a “celiac disease-friendly city” and businesses must meet certain requirements for people with the disease.
Through an ordinance that was approved last Thursday by the Deliberative Council, the following requirements were established:
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Locals and companies that sell food without TACC must carry out training
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They will have to display an official wafer to comply with the regulations.
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An adhesive wafer is created with the following legend: “Friendly establishment for people with celiac disease”
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It creates a Municipal registry of gastronomic establishments trained for the preparation, handling, dispatch and service of gluten-free foods.
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Establishments where gluten-free foods are handled they must have an exclusive processing and storage space, as well as specific utensils and equipment.
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This list will have to be updated and available on the municipal website, as well as in various civil society organizations.
THE ORDINANCE
The ordinance was presented by the councilors of the Frente de Todos, Yanina Lamberti Y Juan Manuel Granillo Fernandezand provides training for companies and shops of different food items without TACC, in order to guarantee the correct preparation, handling, conservation, storage, exhibition, delivery and/or final presentation on the table of gluten-free foods.
Furthermore, the project create an adhesive wafer with the following legend: “Celiac Friendly Establishment”with the identifying logo of the Municipality of La Plata, which must be displayed “in the most visible place possible” by the establishments covered by the ordinance.
Another salient point of the proposed regulation is the preparation of a Municipal registry of gastronomic establishments trained for the preparation, handling, dispatch and service of gluten-free foods.
Establishments where gluten-free foods are handled they must have an exclusive processing and storage space, as well as specific utensils and equipment. This list will be updated and available on the municipal website, as well as in various civil society organizations.
On the other hand, the Municipality must guarantee that in all gastronomic ventures granted by it, it is mandatory to have a menu without TACC within a period of two years.
The president of the Frente de Todos bloc, Yanina Lamberti, celebrated the passage of the ordinance. “This measure not only seeks to guarantee access to health, but also seeks to promote a cultural change, where it is sought that all businesses and companies begin to implement food without TACC and the appropriate instruments for handling them”, He said and specified that “in La Plata, one in every hundred people have a diagnosis of celiac disease.”
For his part, the mayor Juan Granillo Fernandez He expressed that this ordinance “comes to give equality for all, because it is a regulation that was discussed with professionals and experts in the field, and that enriched the norm that we are voting on today.” And he added: “Celiac disease should not be an impediment for those from La Plata and that they can come to eat wherever they want.”
Celiac disease is a permanent intolerance to gluten, a protein found in wheat, oats, barley and rye, which affects the small intestine of people with a genetic predisposition. This condition can appear at any time in life, from the time gluten is added to the diet until late adulthood. The consumption of gluten by a person with celiac disease affects the lining of the intestine and decreases the ability to absorb nutrients.
To date, there is no pharmacological therapy to treat the disease. The only effective treatment consists of following a strict gluten-free diet that must be implemented immediately after confirming the diagnosis and must be maintained for life. In Argentina there are 1 in 100 adults who are diagnosed with celiac disease, while in children it is 1 in 79 diagnosed patients.
