1. Authorities

Donuts with Toppings
Brazil

This section provides an overview of the Authorities involved in setting regulations and managing compliance with the food product in scope.

National Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa)
Anvisa [1] is an authority linked to the Ministry of Health, part of the Brazilian National Health System (SUS) as the coordinator of the Brazilian Health Regulatory System (SNVS), present throughout the national territory.

Its role is to promote the protection of the population’s health by executing sanitary control of the production, marketing, and use of products and services subject to health regulation, including related environments, processes, ingredients, and technologies, as well as the control in ports, airports, and borders.

According to Article 8 of Law No. 9782/1999 [2], food, including beverages, bottled water, its inputs, packaging, food additives, limits of organic contaminants, pesticide residues, and veterinary drugs are considered goods and products subject to Anvisa's sanitary control and inspection. 

It should be noted that although the aforementioned law includes beverages, the control and inspection of the latter products are carried out jointly with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) [3]. In practice, Anvisa issues the corresponding rules on general labeling, food additives, contaminants, etc. while the notification procedure and the regulation on identity and quality is up to Mapa.

1.1 References

1. National Health Regulatory Agency – Anvisa

https://www.gov.br/anvisa/pt-br/english

2. Law N° 9782/1999 creates the National Sanitary Surveillance System, creates the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency and makes other provisions

https://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1999/lei-9782-26-janeiro-1999-344896-publicacaooriginal-1-pl.html

3. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply – Mapa

https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/internacional/english