The National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil (ANVISA in Portuguese) reports that the General Directorate of Food Management (GGALI in Portuguese) has reached a historic milestone: the requests related to food additives have been analyzed, and none are past the regulatory deadline. In February and March, 62 requests were analyzed, which allowed the deadlines to be regularized.

The result is the fruit of a strategic and collective effort by the unit’s technical teams and demonstrates the effectiveness of the queue management plan adopted by GGALI, which organized and prioritized the analyzes by queue.

The operation was carried out by a team composed of four newly hired specialists in Regulation and Health Surveillance (through a public competition) and two specialists who were already part of Anvisa’s staff. The professionals worked directly on the analyzes, properly trained and integrated into the activities of the technical area, under the direction of a specialist with extensive experience in food additives.

The work also benefited from the support of the Risk Assessment and Efficacy Management Directorate (GEARE in Portuguese), as well as the teams from the Food Regulation Directorate (GEREG in Portuguese) and the Coordination of Food Standards and Regulations (Copar) in other areas, strengthening collaboration between units and the integration of GGALI teams. Currently, there are only three applications pending analysis, all of them corresponding to the year 2026.