Rules and Regulations
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) is responsible for enacting and implementing rules, norms and regulations that establish mandatory standards for the quality, safety, and efficacy of products such as medicines, vaccines, food, cosmetics, pesticides and tobacco products. Those rules and regulations include the assessment of risks caused by the exposure to substances that pose potential health threats to the population.
Part of this responsibility includes enforcing rules and standards by inspections, audits, investigations, and the imposition of penalties for non-compliance.
Anvisa’s rules and regulations play a crucial and leading role in promoting and protecting health by carrying out actions and policies that respond to the challenges of a world of constant changes.