Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
| Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária | |
Federative Republic of Brazil | |
| Headquarters | Brasília, Brazil |
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| Employees | 2206[1] |
| Annual budget | R$ 3.261.331.118.216,00 (2019) [2] |
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| Website | https://www.gov.br/anvisa/ |
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Portuguese: Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, Anvisa, literally National Health Surveillance Agency) is a regulatory body of the Brazilian government, created in 1999 during President
The agency bills itself as "an independently administered, financially autonomous" regulatory body. It is administered by a five-member collegiate board of directors,[4] who oversee five thematic directorates, assisted by a five-tier oversight structure.[5] Since September 2018 the agency is headed by Antonio Barra Torres.[3]
Pesticide approvals and monitoring
Brazil is the world's largest consumer of pesticides.[6][7] They are primarily used in the production of soy and corn.[6] The number of approved pesticides increased "rapidly" between 2015 and 2019.[7] Tereza Cristina, the agriculture minister, noted that "there is no general liberation" of new pesticide registrations and no reason for concern when pesticides are used as instructed.[7]
The agency also runs a program for checking pesticide levels in food crops found in supermarkets. However, in May 2022, the agency reached a mark of 3 years without publishing its results, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason. The agency also refused to publish partial results from the last tests performed in 2018 and 2019.[8]
See also
- Regulation of therapeutic goods
- Brazilian Nonproprietary Name
- Epidemic Intelligence Service
- World Health Organization
References
- ^ "Detalhamento dos Servidores Públicos por Órgão - Portal da transparência". www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br. Retrieved Jan 4, 2021.
- ^ "Orçamento da despesa - Portal da transparência". www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br. Retrieved Jan 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "Senado aprova indicação de Antonio Barra Torres para diretor da Anvisa". Idec (in Portuguese). July 15, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ "Sanitary Surveillance's official website in English". Archived from the original on 2013-02-16.
- ^ "ORGANOGRAMA". ANVISA. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ a b Jenny Gonzales (February 20, 2018). "Brazil's fundamental pesticide law under attack". Mongabay. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ a b c Sue Bradford, Thais Borges (May 3, 2019). "Brazil's Bolsonaro Green-Lights 150+ Pesticides This Year". EcoWatch. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ^ "Anvisa completa três anos sem divulgar análise da presença de agrotóxicos em alimentos" [Anvisa reaches three years without publishing analyses on the presence of pesticides in food]. G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
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