G/TBT/N/BRA/821/Add.2  
18 September 2019  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 18 September 2019, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Brazil .  
 
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Public Taking of subsidies   
The Public Taking of subsidies number 1, 21 May 2018 - previously notified through 
G/TBT/N/BRA/821 – was published as Draft Normative Instruction number 708, 13 September 2019, 
which establishes the technical requirements for statement of nutrition labelli ng for packaged food. 
This regulation will be also notified to the SPS committee. The comments will be received until 5 
November 2019. The full text of the proposed regulation and the draft for comments are available 
only in Portuguese and can be downloade d at:  
Comment form: http://formsus.datasus.gov.br/site/formulario.php?id_aplicacao=50 279 
The main objective of this regulation is to review the nutritional facts label requirements to facilitate 
the decision making by Brazilian consumers. Specific objectives include: (a) improving the visibility 
and readability of nutritional information; (b) reduce situations that can mislead consumers 
regarding nutritional composition; (c) facilitate nutritional comparison; (d) improve the accuracy of 
declared nutritional values; and (e) broaden the scope of nutritional information.  
The main normative cha nges proposed are:  
1) In the nutrition facts table: (a) inclusion of the mandatory declaration of total sugars and 
added sugars; (b) inclusion of the mandatory declaration of nutritional values per 100g or ml 
of the product to facilitate the nutritional co mparisons; (c) reduction of allowable variability in 
declared portion sizes, requiring the declaration of the number of portions contained in the 
package and revision of the rules for individual packaging; (d) review of the reference values 
for the percent  daily value statement, considering the nutritional needs of the Brazilian 
population; and (e) adoption of specific readability rules to increase standardization, visibility 
and reading;  
2) The adoption of a front -of-pack nutrition labelling model designed  to inform, in a simple, 
objective and proportional way to achieve the objectives of the regulatory intervention, the 
high content of added sugars, saturated fats and sodium present in food that shall be declared 
at the top part of the main panel and meet specific readability requirements to ensure 
standardization, visibility and readability of information;  
3) Adjustment of the criteria for declaring nutrition claims to avoid the transmission of 
inconsistent and contradictory information to consumers by ado pting specific rules for cases 
where the product has front -of-pack nutrition labelling.  
Implementation timeline:  
1) 12-month for the entry into force of the standard with the adoption of a temporary and less 
stringent limit for the classification of foods as high in added sugar, saturated fat and sodium 
to allow Anvisa to take action to assist implementation of the standard and manufacturers to 
plan and prepare for the implementation phase;  G/TBT/N/BRA/821/Add.2  
 
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  2) 18 months after the entry into force of the standard so that pro ducts already on the market 
should meet the new requirements, allowing the adequacy and disposal of packaging and 
reformulations; and  
3) 30 months after the entry into force of the standard for the definitive and most stringent limit 
to classify a product as high in added sugar, saturated fat and sodium.  
http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/10181/3882 585/SEI_ANVISA+ -+0734894+ -
+Consulta+P%C3%BAblica+708.pdf/60eb27d4 -a2c7-4c04-bbc3-08927fb4d85b  
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