. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/551 
16 July 2009  
 (09-3497) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Packages and equipment in contact with food 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners, or [   ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Resolution on packages and equipment in contact 
with food  Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  12 
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation establishes general criteria to 
determine total and specific migration of substa nces.  It applies to the following packages 
and equipment in contact with food: 
(a) made exclusively of plastics;  
(b) made of two or more layers, each of th em consisting solely of  plastic;  and 
(c) made of two or more layers, and one or more may not be ex clusively made of plastics, 
but the layer in contact with food is made of plastic.  In this case, all plastic layers must 
comply with MERCOSUR resolutions regardi ng plastic packaging and equipments, in 
relation to migration and inclusi on of components in positive lists. 
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 N°)     G/SPS/N/BRA/551 
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   [ X ] None 
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), 27 May 2009;  Section 1, page 38.  Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 30, 26 May 2009, issued by Brazilian Health 
Surveillance Agency – Anvisa;  to be publishe d at Brazilian Official Journal (available in 
Portuguese). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  180 days after published 
Propose 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 July 2009 
Agency or authority designated to handle 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[26688-1-0].PDF