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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/BRA/55/Rev.1
4 October 2002
(02-5327)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
Revision
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Anvisa – Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where
applicable):
Food additives, ready to use packaged food, for human consumption containing in their
composition ingredients such as meat, viscera, blood, other products or by-products from
ruminants of different species such as bovine, ovine, caprine and wild ruminants
By-products of milk are excluded from the restrictions provisioned for in this Resolution.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All
countries
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:
Resolution RDC Nº. 251 (2 pages), 9 September  2002.  Published in the Federal Official
Journal (Diário Oficial da União) on 11 September 2002.  Available in Portuguese.
6. Description of content:
This rule prohibits, throughout the Brazilian territory, the entrance, trade and display of food
additives, ready to use packaged food, destined for human consumption  that contain in
their composition the above mentioned products originated from countries classified as
geographical risk 3 or 4, according to th e European Commission's Scientific Steering
Geographical BSE, equivalent to geographical  risk 3, 4 and 5, referring to the BSE country
classification of the International Zoosanitary Code.
This Resolution replaces the Resolution Re Nº. 58, previously notified as
G/SPS/N/BRA/55.
This classification is applied as it is described in Resolution RDC Nº. 213, from
30 July 2002 and previously notified as G/SPS/N/BRA/56/Rev.1.
7. Objective and rationale:  [    ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection,
[ X ] protect humans from anima l/plant pest or disease,
[   ]  protect territory from other damage from pestsG/SPS/N/BRA/55/Rev.1
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8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The recent outbreak of a
new variant of Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease in humans verified in several countries, besides
the strong suspicion of its connection with the BSE – Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy.
The need to protect the Brazilian population's health and to prevent the human
transmissible spongiform encephalopathy possibly caused by the use of animal products or
by-products in medical diagnosis and treatment.
9. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X  ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
Resolution RDC Nº. 213 (7 pages), 30 Ju ly  2002.  Available in Portuguese.
This resolution can be accessed through:
http://www.anvisa.gov.br/legis/resol/2002/213_02rdc.htm
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  11 September 2002
12. Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [   ] National notification
authority, [ X] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority,  [ X ]  National enquiry point,
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA
Telephone: +(55) 61 448.1078Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: rel@anvisa.gov.br
Or at the website:  http://www.anvisa.gov.br/legis/resol/2002/251_02rdc.htm