Decree-Law No. 986 creating basic norms on food.

This Law, consisting of 11 Chapters, creates the basic norms to control and regulate food sector. It regulates nationwide the requirements to be satisfied for defending and protecting individual and collective health in relation to food, from realization to consumption. It is divided as follows and specifies food registration and control (Chap. II); Labelling and packaging (Chap. III); Food additives (Chap. IV); Identity and Quality Standards (Chap. V); Inspection (Chap. VI); Administrative proceedings (Chap. VII); Offences and penalties (Chap. VIII); Infrastructures (Chap. IX); General provisions (Chap. X); Final provisions (Chap. XI).

البرازيل · 1969-10-21