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Order RDC No. 34 approving the Technical Regulation on Transitional Food for Infants and Young Children.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Breastfeeding/infant food Access-to-information Packaging/labelling Food additives Food quality control/food safety Procedural matters Registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings International trade Classification/declassification Nutrition
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Order enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This National Sanitary Surveillance Board Resolution approves the Technical Regulation on Transitional Food for Infants and Young Children (up to 3 years old). Its objective is to establish the identity and minimum quality characteristics that Transition Food should satisfy. The transitional food is processed and preserved by physical means, and can be classified according to the form of presentation, its appearance and size of the particles. This Transitional Food is subject to the same administrative procedures required for food registration in general. The labelling of Transitional Food for Infants and Young Children, in addition to the required information for general food, food for special purposes and the Brazilian Standard for Commercialization of Food for Infants, must contain specific information.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
portal.anvisa.gov.br