G/TBT/N/BRA/1275  
25 October 2021  
(21-8038) 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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Prepared 
or preserved meat or offal of bovine animals (excl. sausages and similar products, finely 
homogenised preparations put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in 
containers of a net weig ht of <= 250 g, preparations of liver and meat extracts and juices) 
(HS 160250); Meat, meat products and other animal produce (ICS 67.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  MAPA Ordinance 
No. 420, 15 October 2021 (2 page( s), in Portuguese)  
6. Description of content:  MAPA Ordinance No. 420 opens a 60 -day period for public 
consultation on proposal of the identity and quality requirements for hamburgers.  
The Ordinance and the project are available on MAPA website:  
https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br/acesso -a-informacao/participacao -
social/consultas -publicas/consulta -publica -requisitos -de-identidade -e-qualidade -do-
hamburguer  
 
Technically substantiated suggestions should be forwarded through the Normative Act 
Monitoring System - SISMAN, of the Department of Agricultural Defense - SDA/MAPA, 
through the  link: 
https://sistemasweb.agricultura.gov.br/solicita/  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Submits to Public Consultation the proposal that  provides for the Identity 
and Quality Requirements of Burgers including labelling, designations, mandatory 
ingredients and physical chemical parameters.; Other  G/TBT/N/BRA/1275  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1) Brazilian Official Gazette 198 on 20 October 2021, section 1, page 5  
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda-n-420-de-15-de-outubro -de-2021-
353303891  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Not applicable  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date of its publication  
10. Final date for comments:  29 December 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Ministry Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA)  
Esplanada dos Ministérios – Edificio Sede - Bloco D  
Brasília – DF / Brazil  
CEP: 71.632 -100 
Phone.: +(55) 61 3218 -2828 
Website: www.gov.br/agricultura/pt -br 
https://www.in.gov.br/web/dou/ -/portaria -sda-n-420-de-15-de-outubro -de-2021-
353303891