G/SPS/N/BRA/1356  
 
12 January 2018  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member: BRAZIL  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible: The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency - ANVISA  
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): HS Code(s): 190110; ICS Code(s): 13, 65  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document: Resolution RDC nº 193, 12 December 2017 . 
Language(s): Portuguese.  Number of pages: 4 
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/2862128/RDC_193_2017_.pdf/38fa96de -
6f24-4a0a-a872-3fe8ba5d79c7  
6. Description of content: This Resolution establishes the  Maximum Tolerated Limits  (MTL) 
of inorganic arsenic, total cadmium, total lead and inorganic tin in infant foods, and makes 
other provisions. The quantities of inorganic arsenic, total cadmium, total lead and 
inorganic tin should be as low as possible by applying the best practices and available 
production technologies.  The quantities of the inorganic arsenic, total cadmium, total  lead 
and inorganic tin contaminants shall not exceed the LMTs set forth in the Annex to this 
Resolution. In order to verify LMTs of contaminants inorganic arsenic, total cadmium, total 
lead and inorganic tin in infant foods, methodologies that meet the pe rformance criteria 
set out in the most current version of the Procedural Manual of the Codex Alimentarius 
must be used.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or dise ase, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international st andard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No G/SPS/N/BRA/1356  
 
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  If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : On the date of its publication.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : On the date of its publication.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 180 (one hundred and eighty) days after the date of its publicatio n. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : No final date for comments.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
Patrícia Oliveira Pereira Tagliari  
Tel: +(55 61) 3462 5402/5404/5406  
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br  
13. Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
Patrícia Oliveira Pereira Tagliari  
Tel: +(55 61) 3462 5402/5404/5406  
E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br