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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/728 
5 April 2011  
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  ANVISA - Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food and beverage 
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:  Draft Resolution on evaluation of strange matter in food 
and drink  Language(s):  Portuguese  Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical resolution has the purpose of establishing 
general provisions that contribute to the eval uation of macroscopic and microscopic foreign 
material as an indicative of risks to human health or failures in the application of Good 
Practices in the food and drinks supply ch ain and set their limits of tolerance. 
This regulation applies to food, including  bottled water, beverage, raw materials, 
ingredients, food additives and manufacturing technology adjuvants, packaged or in bulk, for human consumption. 
Aspects of fraud, impurities and defects which are already covered in specific technical 
regulations (except those that may pose risk  to human health) are excluded from this 
regulation. 
When adopted, this resolution will revoke Resolution RDC nº 175 of 8 July 2003. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  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)    G/SPS/N/BRA/728 
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  [X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 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:  Brazilian 
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União) , 9 March 2011; Section 1 page 69.  Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 11, 2 March 2011, issued by Brazilian Health 
Surveillance Agency - ANVISA.  When adopted, it will be published at Brazilian Official 
Journal (available in Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  June 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  June 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  July 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  9 May 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Brazilian Health Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
SIA, Trecho 5, Área Especial 57 
CEP: 71.205-050  
Brasilia - DF/Brazil Tel:  +(55) 61 3462 5402 Fax:  +(55) 61 3462 5414 E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification  Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
The full text can be directly accessed through the following link:  
"http://websphere.anvisa.gov.br/wps/wcm /connect/576dac0046108 903891abde732f69725/
CP+N%C2%BA+11+GGALI.pdf?MOD=AJPERES "