. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/BRA/108
8 April 2003
(03-1940)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BRAZIL
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial
Quality-INMETRO
Telephone: +(55) 21 2563.2824
Telefax: +(55) 21 2502.6542
Email: barreirastecnicas@inmetro.gov.br
Web-site: www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas
Agency responsible:  Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária
Telephone: +(55) 61 226 9799
Telefax: +(55) 61 224 3995E-mail: domc-sda@agricultura.gov.br
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Dairy products
(HS: 04.01)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Despatch number
04/2002, February 26th, 2002, (Portaria no. 4, de 26 de fevereiro de 2003) issued by the
Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária on technical requirements for dehydrated dairy productsand dairy-based compounds. (8 pages, in Portuguese).
6. Description of content:   Despatch and Annex Draft Technical Regulation which lay down
technical requirements for the identification and maintainance of minimum quality levels of
dehydrated dairy products and dairy-based compounds.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer’s health and safety.G/TBT/N/BRA/108
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8. Relevant documents:   Ministerial Act number 368, October 4th , 1997 (Portaria no. 368, de
4 de Outubro de 1997). Analytical Methods for the control of products of animal origin and
their ingredients, 1981. Analytical and Microbiological Methods for Food and Water
Supply, 1998. Ministerial Act number 101, August 17th, 1993. Ministerial Act number 371,
September 4th , 1997. Decree number 30.691, March 29th , 1952. Standard FIL 50C: 1995.
Standard FIL 113 A: 1990. Standard FIL 20B: 1993. Standard FIL 26 A: 1993. Codex Stan
206-1999. GMC Resolution 105/94. CAC/Vol. A: 1985. Codex Alimentarius. Vol.1 1995.
Section 5.3. Codex Alimentarius Standard A11. Resolution issued by the Brazilian Sanitary
Surveillance Agency number 40, 2001 (Resolução Anvisa numero 40/2001).
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not stated
10. Final date for comments:   26 March 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
www.inmetro.gov.br/barreirastecnicas