The repository of legislation on risk factors offers Member States organized, systematized, and updated legal information on the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This information system is an integral component of PAHO’s REGULA initiative. It is the product of broad multidisciplinary research on public sources of information on legislation and regulations in 19 Latin American countries, compiled by PAHO. (Read more)

36 Normative Acts

Dispõe sobre a oferta, propaganda, publicidade, informação e outras práticas correlatas cujo objetivo seja a divulgação e a promoção comercial de alimentos considerados com quantidades elevadas de açúcar, de gordura saturada, de gordura trans, de sódio, e de bebidas com baixo teor nutricional
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Publication date: 20/06/2010
Organ issuer: National Health Surveillance Agency
Act scope: Federal / Brazil
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Modifica Decreto n° 977, de 1996, reglamento sanitario de los alimentos
Publication date: 23/04/2009
Organ issuer: Ministry of Health
Act scope: National / Chile
Changes Decree 977, of 06 of August of 1996  (artículos 136, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152)
Changes Decree 977, of 06 of August of 1996  (letras a), b del artículo 153,)
Changes Decree 977, of 06 of August of 1996  (artículos 154, 156, 157, 173, 216 248, 268, 276, 277, 291, 292, 293, 276, 277, 291, 292, 293, 395, 488 y 491)
Includes Decree 977, of 06 of August of 1996  (letra c) al artículo 494)
Changes Decree 977, of 06 of August of 1996  (artículos 495, 496, 497, 498, 503, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 516, 517, 518)
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Aprova Regulamento Técnico sobre Rotulagem Nutricional de Alimentos Embalados, tornando obrigatória a rotulagem nutricional
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Publication date: 26/12/2003
Act scope: Federal / Brazil
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