BRAZIL
January 16, 2025
On January 15, 2025, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) presented a comprehensive manual to assist manufacturers adapt to Regulatory Instruction No. 332/2024. This regulation introduces updated health warnings and messages for tobacco-derived products packaging. Although early adoption is encouraged, full compliance will be mandatory as of November 2, 2025.
Key highlights:
- This applies to all primary and secondary packaging of tobacco products;
- Non-compliance will result in penalties under Brazilian sanitary laws;
- By November 2, 2025, non-compliant products must be removed from points of sale;
- Packaging changes for compliance can be implemented immediately, but must be submitted to ANVISA for review.