Brazil – 1st DICOL Public Meeting of 2025, reviews the topic of substances in contact with food

The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) announced the holding of the 1st Public Meeting of the Collegiate Council (DICOL) of 2025 where the RDC proposal to modify the positive list of monomers, other starting substances and polymers authorized for the production of plastic containers and equipment in contact with food, published by RDC 56/2012, was reviewed. The subject is part of the Regulatory Agenda 2024-2025. According to the acting CEO, the proposal does not contain any legal irregularities. Materials in contact with food, such as plastics, metals, cellulose and glass, are present in stages of transport or consumption, for example. In this sense, it is up to the Agency to act in the definition of the sanitary requirements and the evaluation of the safety of the substances used, in order to avoid the migration of substances to the food in quantities that pose a risk to the health of consumers or that produce unacceptable changes in its composition or sensory characteristics. These substances are therefore limited to those defined by Anvisa, with specific composition and migration limits, an approach that helps in risk management. The article was approved unanimously.