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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/568 
18 August 2009  
 (09-3904) 
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 additives 
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 food additives to be used accordingly 
to Good Manufacturing Practices  Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  4   
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation establishes maximum limits for 
food additives not included in the list of fo od additives to be used according to Good 
Manufacturing Practices (GMP).  
When adopted, the resolution will revoke: • Resolution nº 386, 5 August 1999  
• Resolution RDC nº 234, 19 August 2002;  and  • Resolution RDC 43, 1 May 2005. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) General Standard for Food Additives – GSFA, Tables 1, 2 and 3 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [X] Yes   [ ] No G/SPS/N/BRA/568 
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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:  Brazilian 
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 16 July 2009; Section 1, page 47.  Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 52, 15  July 2009, issued by Brazilian Health 
Surveillance Agency – ANVISA; to be published at Brazilian Official Journal (available in 
Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  February 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  February 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  February 2010 
[X] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  27 September 2009 
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:  naint@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://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[27129-1-0].PDF