The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published the 4th edition of the questions and answers document related to nutrition labeling.

In this edition, changes were made to questions 44, 45 and 173 on the nutritional labeling of sweeteners, due to changes in the definition and framing of these products, made by Resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) 818/2023.

Questions 17 and 19 were modified to adapt the information related to DRC 839/2023, which seeks to demonstrate the safety of the use of novel foods and novel ingredients, and which repealed RES 16/1999.

Questions 46 and 47 were included in the document to clarify the additional nutrients to be declared mandatory in the nutritional table of special purpose foods.

Questions 55 and 60 have been revised to provide greater clarity and precision with respect to added sugars present in ingredients used as a source of dietary fiber, in accordance with the diversity of nomenclature, composition and methods used in the production of these ingredients.

Questions 160 and 161 were also added to clarify some readability requirements for the simplified declaration and the linear declaration of the nutrition table, and question 198, which addresses the application of tolerance values to the %DV declaration.