Resolution RES No. 19 approving the Technical Regulation for Procedures with Functional and/or Health Properties Claim in Labelling.

Subject

Food & nutrition

Keyword

Access-to-information Packaging/labelling Food additives Food quality control/food safety Procedural matters Registration Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings

Geographical area

Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, South America, South Atlantic

Entry into force notes

This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.

Abstract

This Resolution approves the Technical Regulation for Procedures with Functional and/or Health Properties Claim in Labelling. This Regulation applies to procedures for registration of food with functional and/or health properties claim on labelling, without prejudice to other regulatory provisions for food registration. For the purpose of this regulation, the interested party must submit, in addition to the documents required by legislation, a Scientific Technical Report containing the following information: name of the product; purpose of use; recommendations of the manufacturer; scientific description of the ingredients of the product, according to species of botanical, animal or mineral origin, where appropriate; chemical composition with molecular characterization, where appropriate, and or formulation of the product; description of the analytical methodology for the evaluation of the components object of the claim; etc. The National Sanitary Surveillance Agency shall review this Regulation on Procedures for Registration at least two years after their entry into force.

Full text

Portuguese

Website

portal.anvisa.gov.br

References - Legislation

Implements

Decree-Law No. 986 creating basic norms on food.

Legislation | Brazil | 1969 (2016)

Keyword: Basic legislation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Packaging/labelling, Registration, Food additives, Food quality control/food safety, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX