The Collegiate Board of Directors of the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese) has published the Regulatory Agenda 2026-2027, which includes 161 topics, of which 97 were migrated from the 2024-2025 Agenda, 26 topics for periodic updates, and 38 new topics.
The Regulatory Agenda includes 35 subtopics related to the food category.
- Regulation on the quantitative declaration of ingredients in the labelling of packaged foods.
- Nutritional Surveillance Requirements.
- Review of regulations on food additives and processing aids authorized for use in dairy products
- Review of regulations on food additives and processing aids in food.
- Review of regulations on the authorization of use and labeling of sweetener additives in food
- Review of regulations on contaminants in food.
- Review of regulations on food-grade PET-PCR containers intended to come into contact with food
- Review of regulations on food enrichment and restoration.
- Review of regulations on foreign matter in food.
- Review of regulations on health requirements for flavored ice for beverages.
- Review of regulations on the human health risk assessment of veterinary medicinal products, maximum residue limits (MRLs) in food of animal origin, and analytical methods.
- Regulations on gluten-free labeling in food.
- Review of regulations on food irradiation.
- Review of regulations on cellulosic materials, containers, and equipment intended to come into contact with food
- Review of Regulations on monomers, other substances, primers, and polymers authorized for the production of plastic containers and equipment in contact with food.
- Review of regulations on the registration of foods exempt from registration.
- Review of regulations on the labeling of allergenic foods.
- Review of regulations on the general labeling of packaged foods.
- Review of regulations on the nutritional labeling of packaged foods.
- Review of Good Practices for Food Services (Revision of RDC No. 216/2004).
- Review of hygiene and sanitation requirements and good manufacturing practices for food-producing. establishments or manufacturers (Revision of RDC No. 275/2002).
- Periodic update of the list of plant parts authorized for the preparation of teas and their use as spices.
- Regulation of the lists of novel foods and authorized ingredients and their specifications.
- Periodic update of the list of components, limits of use, declarations, and supplementary labeling of food supplements.
- Periodic update of the list of plant species Authorized names, composition, and fatty acid values.
- Maximum acidity limits and peroxide value for vegetable oils and fats.
- Periodic updates to the list of maximum permissible limits (MPLs) for contaminants in food.
- Periodic updates to the list of MRLs, ADIs, and DRfAs for veterinary medicinal product additives in food of animal origin.
- Periodic updates to the lists of food additives and processing aids authorized for use in food.
- Periodic updates to the lists of components, limits of use, and claims for infant formulas, transitional foods, and cereal-based foods for infants and young children, enteral nutrition formulas, and dietary formulas for inborn errors of metabolism.
- Regulation of the use of information transmission technology in food labeling.
- Regulation of formulated colorants and the labeling of colorants and flavorings in packaged foods.
- Regulation of foods for medical purposes.
- Regulation of foods of plant origin.
- Regulation of sanitary requirements for silicone materials in contact with food.
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