Brazil

Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária [ANVISA – National Health Surveillance Agency]

The law requires tobacco manufacturers and importers to register all tobacco products that are sold or imported in Brazil or exported from Brazil. The registration application requires the listing of the additives used in each product and the maximum quantity of each additive. Registration must be renewed each year and the renewal application likewise requests a list of all additives used and maximum quantity of each additive. This information is required for each product type within each brand family.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the contents and/or ingredients used in the manufacture of their cigarettes.

Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária [ANVISA – National Health Surveillance Agency]

The law requires tobacco manufacturers and importers to register all tobacco products that are sold or imported in Brazil or exported from Brazil. As part of this registration process, manufacturers and importers are required to disclose information on emissions of cigarettes (but not other smoked tobacco products) sold or imported in Brazil.

The law aligns with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines in that it requires disclosure by manufacturers and importers to government authorities of information on the emissions of their cigarettes.

The law does not address whether disclosed information must be made readily available to the public. Therefore, the law is interpreted as not requiring such disclosure.

To align with FCTC Art. 10 and the FCTC Arts. 9 & 10 Partial Guidelines, the law should require that disclosed information be made readily available to the public.