The directors of the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) participated in the 8th Public Meeting of the Board of Directors (DICOL in Portuguese) of 2025, chaired by the acting director general, Rômison Mota.

Infant formulas under discussion

The day’s deliberations included proposals for a Resolution of the Board of Directors (DRC) and Normative Instruction (NI) to establish health requirements for infant formulas, nutritional formulas for high-risk newborns, transitional foods and cereal-based foods for infants and young children, formulas for enteral nutrition and dietary therapy formulas for inborn errors of metabolism; and a NI to amend IN 281/2024, which establishes the form of regularization of the different categories of foods and packaging.
In an oral statement, the representative of the Brazilian Association of the Food Industry for Special and Congenital Purposes (Abiad), Gislene Cardozo, highlighted the high impact of the measure for the sector. However, Rômison Mota reported that the steps of good regulatory practices were followed, which were improved by the organizational unit responsible for the process through sectoral dialogue.

Authorized food additives and technological adjuvants

Also on the agenda was the proposal for an International Standard (IS) to amend IS 211/2023, which establishes the technological functions, maximum limits and conditions of use of food additives and technological adjuvants authorized for use in food. In an oral statement, Gislene Cardozo emphasized that, due to the high technical complexity of the subject, a thorough analysis of thousands of ingredients is necessary, and defended the need for a longer deadline for the sector to provide a qualified and coordinated response, requesting an extension of Public Consultations (PC) 1.324 and 1.325 of 2025 for 90 more days.