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