G/TBT/N/BRA/1398  
25 May 2022  
(22-4046) Page: 1/2 
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:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply – MAPA  
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  
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br  
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas   
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):  Cheese 
and curd. (HS code(s): 0406); Cheese (ICS code(s): 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  MAPA/SDA  
Ordinance No.  577, 11 May 2022; (2 page(s), in Portug uese)  
6. Description of content:  MAPA/SDA Ordinance No. 577 opens a 60 -day period for public 
consultation on a proposal of Mercosur Technical Regulation on the use of starches in very 
high moisture cheeses.  
The Ordinance and the proposal are available on MAPA website:  
https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br/acesso -a-informacao/participacao -
social/consultas -publicas/2022  
Technically substantiate d suggestions should be forwarded through the Normative Act 
Monitoring System - SISMAN, of the Department of Agricultural Defense - SDA/MAPA, 
through the link:  
http://sistemasweb.agricultura.gov.br/pages/SISMAN.html  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The harmonization of technical regulations tends to eliminate obstacles to 
trade, which cause differences in national technical regulations, in accordance with the 
provisions of the Treaty of Asunción (Mercosur).  
The States Parties of Mercosur have agreed to harmonize the permission for the use of 
starches in cheeses with a moisture content greater than or equal to 55g/100g (fifty -five 
grams per one hundred grams), which do not adopt their own form.  G/TBT/N/BRA/1398  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1) Brazilian Official Gazette 95 on 20 May 2022, section 1, page 14  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda-n-577-de-11-de-maio-de-2022-
401482262  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Not applicable  
10. Final date for comments:  17 July 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply  
Secretariat of Trade and International Relations.  
E-mail: cgsr@agro.gov.br  
Website: www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br  
https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda-n-577-de-11-de-maio-de-2022-
401482262