. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BRA/503 
3 December 2008  
 (08-5887) 
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 Sanitary 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):  Food for athletes 
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 food for athletes 
Language:  Portuguese  Number of pages:  7  
6. Description of content:  This draft technical regulation establishes requirements for and 
characterizes food for athletes. 
It changes Administrative Act (Portaria) SVS/ MS nº 29, 13 January 1998 and Annex II of 
Resolution RDC nº 278, 22 September 2005.  
This draft resolution will also be notified at TBT Committee. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[ X ] 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°)     
[ X ] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [   ] Yes   [ X ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/BRA/503 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Brazilian 
Official Journal (Diário Oficial da União), 14 November 2008; Section 1, page 83. Draft 
Resolution (Consulta Pública) number 60, 13 November 2008, issued by Brazilian Sanitary 
Surveillance Agency – ANVISA; to be published at Brazilian Official Journal (Available in 
Portuguese) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  March 2009  
Propose date of publication ( dd/mm/yy) :      
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [   ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :    September 2009 
[   ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [   ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or ( dd/mm/yy ):  14 January 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 Sanitary Surveillance Agency - ANVISA 
 SEPN 515 - Bloco "B", Edificio Omega  CEP 70770-502 
 Brasilia – DF/Brasil 
 Tel:  +(55 61) 3462 5424  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://www4.anvisa.gov.br/base/visadoc/CP/CP[24416-1-0].PDF