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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/690 
21 December 2010  
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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):  Inorganic contaminants in food 
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 Inorganic Contaminants in Food 
Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  11   
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation proposes the update of the list of 
inorganic contaminants in food and their resp ective maximum limits.  This list includes 
both metallic and non metallic elements.  
When adopted it will revoke Administrative Act (Portaria) nº 685, 27 August 1998. 
More specific information can be found in the annex of the text available in Portuguese. 
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) Codex General Standard for Contam inants and Toxins in Food and 
Feed (Codex STAN 193-1995) - Adopted 1995; Revised 1997, 2006, 2008, 2009; 
Amended 2009. 
[ ] 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/690 
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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), 28 October 2010; Section 1, page 78.  Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 101, 27 October 2010, 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) :  May 2011 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  May 2011 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  May 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) :  28 December 2010 
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/co nnect/1c396c80447ab90d93e1d37d15359461/CP+
N%C2%BA+101+GGALI.pdf?MOD=AJPERES "