SG 133/25
Brazil publishes new legislation for regenerated cellulose films intended to come into contact with food.
On August 28, 2025, Brazil’s Ministry of Health/National Health Surveillance Agency (Ministério da Saúde/Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (ANVISA)) issued two documents to establish new sanitary requirements for food contact regenerated cellulose films.
These two inter-connected documents transposed Mercosur/GMC/Res. No. 16/25 ‘Mercosur Technical Regulation for Regenerated Cellulose Films Intended to Come into Contact with Food (Repeal of GMC Resolution No. 55/97)’ into the nation’s domestic law:
The provisions in both IN No.396/2025 and Resolution No. 992/2025 will become effective on February 28, 2026, six months after their publication in the Official Gazette of the Union (Diário Oficial da União, DOU).
Additionally, Resolution No. 992/2025 repeals Resolution RDC No. 217/2002 ‘Technical regulation on regenerated cellulose films in contact with food’.
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