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Ref : EIC 413/2
7 January 2013
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 16/2013
Brazil : List of Substances Authorised for Manufacture of Plastic Food Containers
The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular No. 384/2012 of 29 May 2012 that the Mercosur issued Resolution No. 2/2012 to establish technical regulations on the list of substances that may be used in the manufacture of plastic food containers. The National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) of Brazil issued Resolution No. 56/2012 on 16 November 2012 to incorporate the Mercosur Resolution into its national legislation.
2.For details, traders are advised to consult their importers in Brazil and/or the above Brazilian Resolution (in Portuguese), which is available at: http://www.in.gov.br/visualiza/index.jsp?data=21/11/2012&jornal=1&pagina=66&total Arquivos=200.
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3.For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
Yours faithfully,
(Ms Cindy CHENG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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