. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/28
13 December 2001
(01-6312)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:
National Health Surveillance Agency
SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edifício ÔmegaCEP 70770-502
Brasília - DF /Brasil
Phone: + (5561) 448 1078
Fax: + (5561) 448 1089
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Prepacked food products
and beverages.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Resolutions RDC nº
39 (10 pages) and RDC nº 40 (12 pages), of 21 March 2001, both published in the Federal
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) on 22 March 2002; Specific Resolution
RE nº 198, of 11 September 2001, published in the Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficialda União) on 13 September 2001.
6. Description of content:   Defines obligatory nutritional labeling requirements for prepacked
food products and beverages for human consumption.  Alcoholic drinks, mineral waters,
and other bottled waters are excluded from this regulation.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Food safety
8. Relevant documents:   Resolutions RDC nº 39, of 21 March 2001, and RDC nº 40, of 21
March 2001, both published in the Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União),
Section I, on 22 March, and Specific Resolution RE nº 198, 11 September 2001, published
in the Federal Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), Section I, on 13 September 2001
(available in Portuguese).English and Spanish versions of Resolutions RDC nº 39 and RDC nº 40 are available at
http://www.anvisa.gov.br/alimentos/legis/especifica/rotuali.htmG/TBT/N/BRA/28
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  22 March 2001
Proposed date of entry into force:  21 September 2001.  According to Specific Resolution
RE nº 198, an “educative period” was established. From 21 September 2001 to 2 January
2002 companies selling products without the obligatory nutritional label will only be
notified by sanitary authorities.  After the end of that period, companies responsible for theproduction and commercialization of prepacked food products and beverages without the
nutritional label will be subject to legal sanctions.
10. Final date for comments:   15 December 2001
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Divisão de Agricultura e Produtos de Base
Ministério das Relações Exteriores.
Palácio Itamaraty, Anexo I, sala 531.
70170-900Brasília-DF
Tel: + (5561) 411-6369/72
Fax: + (5561) 226-3255
e-mail:dpb@mre.gov.br
Gerência-Geral de Relações Internacionais
Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA)SEPN 515, Bloco B, Edifício Ômega
70770-502
Brasília-DF
Tel: + (5561) 448-1078
Fax: + (5561) 448-1089e-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br