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Resolution of the Collegiate Board of Directors - RDC No. 23 providing for the iodine content in salt intended for human consumption.

Country/Territory
Brazil
Document type
Regulation
Date
2013
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Condiments/herbs/spices Food additives Food quality control/food safety Public health
Geographical area
Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Regulation enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution approves the Technical Regulation that establishes the iodine content in salt for human consumption to eradicate harmful effects to health caused by iodine deficiency or excess, establishing a three to one proportionality between the maximum and minimum limits of iodine content in view of the characteristics of salt processing, mainly with regard to the iodination stage. The following definitions are adopted: salt for human consumption: crystallized sodium chloride, extracted from natural sources, obligatorily added with iodine; the iodization operation consists of adding the micronutrient iodine to the salt in the form of potassium iodate.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
bvsms.saude.gov.br