Technical trade Measures on Imports and exports issued by Brazil in 2010

Source: Economic and Trade Office of the Embassy in Brazil 2011-07-30 02:32

1. tire



On March 18, 2010, Brazil's environment ministry of environment and renewable resources bureau released 1 order, rules in Brazil sales of a single weight more than 2 kg of domestic or imported tires, after the use of scrap, the selling enterprise shall be responsible for the collection and disposal, recycling and disposal of waste tire weight shall not be less than 70% of the sales.



2. Frozen shrimp



On September 10, 2010, the Brazilian agriculture, animal husbandry, and food supply department (MAPA) agricultural protection secretariat (SDA) issued in 2010, no. 457 ministerial order (PORTARIANo  459, DE10DESETEMBRODE2010), making the draft "Brazilian frozen shrimp technical regulations" and the quality of qualified sampling inspection schemes. Frozen shrimp referred to in the draft refers to frozen cooked shrimp or raw shrimp products made from harvested or farmed fresh or frozen shrimp; The shrimp referred to mainly include: penaeidae, Penaeidae, Brown shrimpidae, penaeidae; Frozen shrimp products mainly include: whole shrimp, headless shrimp, shrimps, peeled shrimp, well-cooked shrimp, headless shrimp, cooked shrimp, peeled shrimp.



3. Control of crop residues and pollutants



In September 2010, Brazilian agriculture, animal husbandry, and food supply department agriculture protection secretariat (SDA) released the 2010/2011 annual national crop pesticide residue and pollution control plan (INSTRU ? O NORMATIVA, 21, No  DE2DESETEMBRODE2010). The main agricultural products targeted include: pineapple, lettuce, garlic, peanuts, rice, bananas, potatoes, coffee, Brazil nuts, beans, oranges, lemons, tart lemons, apples, papaya, mango, melon, corn, strawberries, black pepper, red pepper, soybeans, tomatoes, wheat and grapes. The main pesticide residues under control include acephate, amidine, benzyl, chloramphenicol, methylphosphine, hexachlorobenzene, isophenyl, mycorin, and trichlorofmitol



And so on altogether 240 kinds.



4. Canned sardines



On 10 August 2010, the Secretariat for Agricultural Protection of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil issued a draft regulation on technical standards for sardines - "Technical requirements for the characteristics and quality of sardines" for public comment (comment period of 60 days). The regulation requires that the fish content in the final product of the sardine can be no less than 50% (mass fraction) of the specified amount and that the histamine content be no more than 100mg/kg.



5. Contaminants in fertilizers



On July 22, 2010, the Brazilian agriculture, animal husbandry, and food supply department 402th ministry by the secretariat of the animal and plant protection (official communique released in Brazil 140th part 1 page 3), revised announced on June 5, 2006, 5 standardization technical regulations (SDA NormativeInstructionNo. 27 ofjune5, 2006), article 5 (art. 5) (attachment Ⅰ Ⅱ Ⅲ Ⅳ Ⅴ) --, of the provisions of the pollutants in fertilizer limited Pollutants in macronutrient and micronutrient fertilizers, such As nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, and soil conditioners, including arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), nickel (Ni), fecal coliform and salmonella, are specified. The deadline for comments on the draft is November 19, 2010.



6. A trademark



On August 3, 2010, Brazil issued a revision of the trademark used to identify drugs. The technical regulation sets out the acceptability requirements for trademarks and supplementary identifying names (supplementary descriptions are different from other medicines) and addresses the appropriateness of trademarks already registered with the Brazilian Health Supervision Authority. The draft resolution governs the composition of pharmaceutical trademarks with the aim of identifying, mitigating and eliminating the high health risks associated with medication errors resulting from the use of similar names for different medicines.



The criteria set out in the draft resolution apply to all products that must be registered or notified by the Brazilian Health Supervision Authority, not to generic drugs and immunotherapy, and should use the common name of the active ingredient of the drug. The definition of a drug trademark in the standard is that the name adopted distinguishes a drug from another drug of the same company or other companies and is proposed by the drug registration holder to identify, sell and advertise under that name. A supplementary identifying name is defined as a supplementary name of a drug trademark that has the effect of distinguishing other products already registered by the company and reducing the risk of medication error. This draft resolution is withdrawn from resolution RDCo. 333 of 19 November 2003.



7. wine



On 31 May 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food supply of Brazil issued a ministerial decree PORTARIA No 259, DE31DE MAIODE2010, proposing to establish a draft technical regulation on the identification and quality standards of wine products. The regulation is divided into 19 sections and 111 sections, which set out technical requirements for various types of wine products on the Brazilian market.



The wine products regulated by the Act include: wine, reduced fermentation wine, blended sweet wine, mixed wine, mixed wine, grappa, wine distilled alcohol, Pisco brandy, liqueurs, Sangria, cocktails, mixed alcoholic beverages, alcohol and alcoholic beverages such as vinegar. Among them, in article 4, it is stipulated that the quota of heavy metal residue in all wine products should meet the following criteria: arsenic, 0.2mg/L; Lead, 0.3 mg/L; Copper, 1mg/L; Tin, 250mg/L; Iron, 15mg/L; Zinc, 5mg/L; Total heavy metal content limit of wine (expressed in iron), 20mg/L. Article 7 provides that the types of added sugar allowed in the standard include sucrose, invert sugar, glucose, fructose and malt



Saccharides such as sugars and their oxidation/reduction products. Article 10 specifically prohibits the addition of food additives such as colors and flavors, in addition to those permitted by law. Paragraph 2 of article 17: the ban on alcohol in the label with the following words said the classification of the wine, such as: "dry", "cotton", "red", "special", banned the word "wine" and its variants/combination word before/after using other words, unless it is a wine as a component of the alcoholic beverages, can in the ingredients listed in the "wine".



8. Agricultural residues



Chlorantraniliprole, Cyproconazole, Azoxystrobin and Propargite are the maximum residue limits for the agricultural chemical Chlorantraniliprole, Cyproconazole and Propargite, as announced by Brazil in Circular No. G/SPS/N/BRA / 595/597/598 on 9 December 2009. Which provides for the insecticide chloramphenicol in crops lemon, bean



The maximum leaf residue limits for class I and sunflower were 0.2 mg/kg, 0.05 mg/kg and 0.02 mg/kg respectively. The maximum residue limit of cycloazolidine in garlic was 0.01mg/kg. Pyrizoyl ester is used in the leaf of sunflower



The maximum residue limit is 0.1mg/kg and 0.01mg/kg before and during planting of sugarcane; The maximum residue limit for the cultivation of strawberry was changed from 7.0 mg/kg to 0.5 mg/kg.



9. Telecommunication Product Certification



On August 25, 2010, The Brazilian Telecommunications Authority (Anatel) announced that on August 24, it decided to allow applications for telecommunications product certification for multimedia communications services in the 2500MHz - 2690MHz band. As long as 2.5ghz products are ANATEL certified, allowing the use of such products, and can be sold in Brazil. Anatel stopped issuing 2.5ghz products in May 2009 until Resolution544 (Resolution544) was announced on August 16, 2010. The resolution amended the technical rules for radio operating conditions in the 2170MHz - 2182MHz and 250 MHZ - 2690MHz bands.



10. Electrical appliances product



On 31 December 2009, the Brazilian National Association for Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality announced that, with effect from 1 July 2011, 87 categories of imported or domestically made household or industrial electronic appliances sold on the Brazilian market must meet the requirements of specific mandatory safety certification requirements. From 1 January 2013 all retailers and wholesalers in Brazil will be banned from selling uncertified products to the public. The products included in the certification include: Hair dryers, vacuum cleaners, electric iron, clothes dryer, stove, heater, commercial cleaning machine, toast furnace and electric oven, electric blanket, heating pad, commercial electronic cooker, electric hair appliances, floor polishing machine, air filtration and air ion mechanism, hot plates, water heater, bed food frying, deep frying pan, multiprocessor, commercial and industrial floor cleaning machine, insecticidal, commercial and industrial carpet cleaning maintenance machine, liquid heater, milking machine, food waste processor, livestock breeding and feeding electric heater, water heater, immersion heater, electronic watches, skin and hair care appliances, ultraviolet radiation Skin care appliances, sewing machines, food and beverage vending machine, lawn mower, electric fence, battery charger, outdoor electric oven and high pressure steam cleaner, massager, room heaters, the lampblack that take off, the geothermal system, electric compressor, automatic teller machine, electric apparatus, electric fishing toilet seat, commercial multi-function cooking utensils, water pump, humidifier, commercial drying equipment, electrical panels, garage door motor, air blower, electronic exhaust machine, electric blower, gardening sprayer, electric toothbrushes, electric sauna heat



Apparatus, steam cleaning equipment, aquarium appliances, projector and refrigerant regeneration drive. Previously by other  IN METRO regulations certification of goods (such as microwave ovens, desktop fan, ceiling fans, air conditioners, washing machines, refrigerators, refrigerator, computer, electronic audio and video equipment, etc.) are not within the scope of these regulations. INMETRO points out that products certified under these requirements must comply with the IEC60335 series of standards (or equivalent Brazilian national standards) established by the International Electronic Technology Commission.



11. wheat



On March 15, 2010, Brazil issued a notification on the regulations on wheat grading. The purpose of the regulations is to protect consumers. The regulations define the official standard classification of wheat, which involves the relevant provisions on the identification and quality, sampling, information expression pattern and labeling labeling of wheat grading. Technical regulations on wheat grading (Bulletin No. G/TBT/N/BRA / 360) have been published in OfficialJournal on March 1, 2010 and are scheduled to come into effect 90 days after publication.



12. Food packaging



In 2010, the Brazilian Bureau for the Inspection of Animal-derived Products issued the Requirements for the Packaging and Labelling of Imported Animal-derived Foods in Brazil, requiring that, from 1 October 2010, only applications for registration of animal-derived products that meet the requirements of the code will be approved for import. Under the requirement, all foreign companies licensed to export to Brazil must register their products with the Bureau for the Inspection of Animal-derived Products before applying for an import license. The requirements mainly stipulate the documents to be submitted for the registration of imported animal-derived products, the way of filling, the design pattern of the label and the assessment of the Bureau for the Inspection of animal-derived products.



13. Requirements for bisphenol A content in food containers



In 2010, Brazilian authorities took steps to ensure the safe use of bisphenol A in food containers. In April 2010, the Brazilian National Association for Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality announced its intention to implement a MERCOSUL regulation. The regulations are implemented in Brazil in the form of resolution 17/2008. The resolution stipulates that the maximum amount of bpa transported in food-contact utensils shall not exceed 0.6 mg/kg. INMETRO is gathering evidence to analyze the potential health risks bpa poses to consumers. INMETRO also said it would ban the use of the substance as a polycarbonate plastic additive once safety risks were identified.