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G/SPS/N/BRA/761 
28 July 2011  
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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:  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):  Iodine in salt 
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 Concentration of Iodine in Salt 
Language(s):  Portuguese  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical resolution approves the maximum 
concentration of iodine in salt, for human consumption. 
Salt will only be considered proper for human  consumption when it contains at least 
15 milligrams and the maximum of 45 milligrams of iodine per kilogram of the final 
product. 
Products manufactured before this resolution enter into force can be sold until their 
expiration date. 
When adopted, it will revoke reso lution RDC nº 130, 26 May 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)    
[X] None G/SPS/N/BRA/761 
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  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) , 7 July 2011; Section 1, page 43.  Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 35, 4 July 2011, 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) :  October 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  October 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  90 days after publication 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  7 September 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://portal.anvisa.gov.br/wps/wcm/conn ect/15f6cf00478064ba8236825c9a854df2/CP_N
_35_ggali.pdf?mod=ajperes "