Brazil ANVISA Launched New Rules to Regulate Food Contact Sil
Keywords: Brazil ANVISA, Normative Instruction 435, food contact silicone, Latin America compliance, market access
Key Sentence: Brazil’s new silicone regulation unifies regional inspection standards, bringing new compliance requirements for cross-border silicone exporters.
Brazil’s national health regulatory agency ANVISA officially issued Normative Instruction No.435 to revise food contact material regulations in April 2026. The rule formulates an exclusive positive material list for silicone products, covering silicone oil, silicone rubber, coating additives and other related raw materials. It formulates stricter limit standards for infant silicone feeding products, and its detection indicators are aligned with FDA and EU food-grade standards. Exporters need to update test reports and product formulas to gain access to the Latin American food silicone market worth $2.3 billion.
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