. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/BRA/168 
18 April 2005 
 (05-1589) 
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  Web-site:  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):   Preparations of 
vegetables, fruits, nuts or other parts of  plants (HS:  20) and mushrooms. 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Ministerial Act 
on identity standards and quality requirements of preparations of vegetables, fruits, nuts or 
other parts of plants (4 pages, in Portuguese). 
6. Description of content:   This  Draft  Technical Regulation establishes identity and minimum 
quality requirements for vegetal products, fruit products and edible mushrooms.  
It proposes maximum standards for humidity and acidity on vegetal a nd fruit products. It 
also proposes a relation between common name and scientific name for edible mushrooms 
in its annex 1.  G/TBT/N/BRA/168 
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 It revokes Resolutions (Resoluções) CNNPA 13, 14 and 15/77; Resolution (Resolução) 
CNNPA 12/78, specifically the itens related to th e products covered by this draft resolution; 
Resolutions (resoluções) CTA 9/78, 15/78 and 5/79, Resolution (Resolução) Anvisa RDC  17/99; 83 and 84/00; 228 and 276/03. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human health and prevention of deceptive practices 
8. Relevant documents:   (1) Brazilian Official Journal (D iário Oficial da União), page 97, 
13 December 2004; (2) Ministerial Act number 81, dated December 13th 2004 (Consulta 
Pública Nº 81, de 13 de dezembro de 2004), issued by Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance 
Agency; (3) Brazilian Official Journal (Diá rio 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:  60 days after date of notification. 
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:  
 http://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[8990-1-0].PDF