RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/SPS/N/BRA/8
2May1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1688)
Committee onSanitary andPhytosanitary Measures
NOTIFICATION
1. Member toAgreement notifying: BRAZIL
Ifapplicable, name oflocal government involved:
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofAgriculture, Food Supplies andLand Reform
3. Products covered (tariff item number(s) asspecified innational schedules deposited with
theWTO. ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Agricultural
Products
4. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: General Principles forEstablishment
oftheMaximum Level ofChemical Contaminants inFood andGeneral Principles of
Transference ofFood Additives. Available onlyinPortuguese. 4pages.
5. Description ofcontent: Toadopt theMERCOSUL GMC Resolutions 103/94 and105/94
approving theGeneral Principles forEstablishment oftheMaximum Level ofChemical
Contaminants inFood andGeneral Principles ofTransference ofFood Additives,
respectively.
6. Objective andrationale: Food safety
7. Aninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation does notexist [X].
Ifaninternational standard, guideline orrecommendation exists, whenever possible,
identify deviations:
8. Relevant documents: Portaria n.183de21demarçode1996, doDiario Oficial da
Uniãode25demarçode1996 (Official Journal of25March 1996)
9. Proposed date ofadoption andentry intoforce: 2June1996
10. Final date forcomments: 2June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
CENAGRI
C.P. 02432
70849-970, Brasília, DF,Brazil
Phone (+55 61)218-2613
Fax(+55 61)226-8190