The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) announces that as of September 1, new rules to regulate food in the country are already in force. The Resolution of the Collegiate Council (RDC) 843/2024 and the Normative Instruction (IN) 281/2024 introduce a new regulatory framework that will improve the control prior to the commercialization of food based on risk criteria.

The regulation came into force on September 1 and establishes three forms of food regularization:

1. registration with Anvisa: products with mandatory registration, such as infant formulas and enteral nutrition formulas, will continue to require prior approval from the Agency. Diet therapy formula for inborn errors of metabolism was included in this group.
2. Notification to Anvisa: foods considered intermediate risk, such as desalinated seawater, transitional foods, infant food cereals, recycled packaging and products with claims, can now be regularized by notification. This new form allows a more agile entry into the market, although companies must still provide information to Anvisa.