Label requirements · Brazil

Brazil label requirements — check your label

What a label sold in Brazil must carry for food and drinks, other consumer goods, item by item, each with the law it comes from. Paste your label below: Drict shows what it found, on which line, and what is missing.

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Food and drinks — what a Brazil label must show

8 mandatory · 4 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Net quantity (peso liquido / conteudo liquido) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • List of ingredients (ingredientes) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • The line “CONTÉM GLÚTEN” or “NÃO CONTÉM GLÚTEN” (Lei 10.674/2003)
  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (fabricado por / produzido por) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Origin (industria brasileira / fabricado em) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Batch number (lote) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Expiry date (validade / val.) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Nutrition information (informacao nutricional / valor energetico) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)

Only if it applies

  • Allergens (alergicos / contem) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Storage conditions (conservar / conservacao) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Directions for use (modo de usar / modo de preparo) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)
  • Name and address of the importer (importado por / importador) — RDC 727/2022 · RDC 429/2020 (ANVISA)

Language: No Portuguese found — labels sold in Brazil must be in Portuguese (RDC 727/2022, art. 5).

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in Portuguese. The front-of-pack magnifying glass “ALTO EM açúcar adicionado / gordura saturada / sódio” is an image — it cannot be found as text (RDC 429/2020).

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Other consumer goods — what a Brazil label must show

3 mandatory · 3 only if it applies

Mandatory

  • Name and address of the manufacturer / packer / distributor (fabricado por / produzido por) — Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31
  • Net quantity (peso liquido / conteudo liquido) — Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31
  • Origin (industria brasileira / fabricado em) — Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31

Only if it applies

  • Name and address of the importer (importado por / importador) — Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31
  • Directions for use (modo de usar / modo de preparo) — Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31
  • Warnings (atencao / cuidado) — Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31

Language: No Portuguese found — labels on goods sold in Brazil must be in Portuguese (Código de Defesa do Consumidor, art. 31).

Check by eye: Product name: check it yourself — in the languages the law requires. Safety symbols, logos and certification marks are images — they cannot be found as text.

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