. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/175 
21 June 2005 
 (05-2647) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:         
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega CEP 70770-502 
Brasilia - DF/Brasil 
Phone.: (+55) 61 448 1078 E-mail: rel@anvisa.gov.br  Website: www.anvisa.gov.br  Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 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, Standa rdization and Industrial Quality-INMETRO 
Telephone: (+55) 21 2563 2821 Telefax: (+55) 21 2502 6542 
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):   Mixture for preparing 
food and food ready for consumption. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Resolution 
number 86, dated 13 December 2004, Technical Regulation on mixture for preparing food 
and food ready for consumption (4 pages, in Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   This technical regulation establishes identity and minimum quality 
requirements for mixture for preparing food and food ready for consumption that are packaged in the absence of the consumer , including its labelling requirements.  
It revokes Resolution (Resolução) CNNPA 35/77; CNNPA 12/78 – items referred to 
powder for preparing food; Ministerial Act (Portaria) SVS/MS 868/98; Resolution 
(Resolução) Anvisa RDC 229/03 – notified to the WTO through G/TBT/N/BRA/112 and G/TBT/N/BRA/112/Add.1 G/TBT/N/BRA/175 
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 7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health;  prevention of deceptive practices. 
8. Relevant documents:   Relevant documents:  (1) Brazilian Official Journal (D iário Oficial da 
União), page 98, 17 December 2004;  (2 ) Draft Resolution number 86, dated 
December 13 2004 (Consulta Pública Nº 86, de 13  de dezembro de 2004), issued by Brazilian 
Sanitary Surveillance Agency - Anvisa;  (3) Brazilian Official Jour nal (Diário Oficial da 
União);  (4) Not stated. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    July  2005  
180 days after adoption. 
10. Final date for comments:   18 June 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
National enquiry point  
National Institute of Metrology, Standa rdization and Industrial Quality-INMETRO 
 
Telephone: (+55) 21 2563 2821 
Telefax: (+55) 21 2502 6542 Email:  barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas 
Agency responsible  
Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency – ANVISA 
SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega CEP 70770-502 Brasilia – DF/Brasil Phone:  (+55) 61 448 1078 
E-mail:  rel@anvisa.gov.br  
Website: www. anvisa.gov.br 
 The full text of the pr oposed technical regulation can be directly accessed th rough the link: 
http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[8995-1-0].PDF