G/TBT/N/BRA/1428  
12 August 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)  
Telephone: +(55) 21 2145.3817  
Telefax: +(55) 21 2563.5637  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br  
Website: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreir astecnicas  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  FOOD 
TECHNOLOGY (ICS code(s): 67)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Resolution - 
RDC number 722, 01 July 2022; (5 page(s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  This Resolution contains provisions on the  maximum tolerated 
limits (LMT) of contaminants in foods, the general principles for their establishment and 
the methods of analysis for the purpose of conformity assessment.  
This resolution is the result of the consolidation of previous regulations, accor ding to the 
Good Regulatory Practices, without changing the content.  
This Resolution incorporates into the national legal system:  
I - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 103, 15 December 1994;  
II - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 25, 20 June 2002;  
III - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 12, 17 July 2011; and  
IV - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 18, 13 October 2021.  
This regulation will also be notified to the SPS Committee  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protec tion of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/BRA/1428  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
I - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 103, 15 December 1994 
(https://normas.mercosur.int/public/normativas/2165 ); 
II - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 25, 20 June 2002 
(https://normas.mercosur.int/public/normativas/1047 ); 
III - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 12, 17 July 2011 
(https://normas.mercosur.int/public/normativas/2474 ) ; and  
IV - GMC/MERCOSUR Resolution No. 18, 13 October 2021 
(https://normas.mercosur.int/public/normativas/4145 ). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 July 2022  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 July 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  Not Applicable  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)  
SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57  
Brasília – DF / Brazil  
CEP: 71.205 -050 
Phone.: +(55) 61 3462.5402  
Website: www.anvisa.gov.br  
The final text is available only in Portuguese and can be downloaded at:  
http://antigo.anvisa. gov.br/documents/10181/2718376/RDC_722_2022_.pdf/15cda9ff -
74a4-456e-9fd3-6610125adb75