Overview

The Brazilian Sanitary Surveillance Agency is responsible for ensuring sanitary inspection of Ports, Airports and Borders. The fulfillment of its institutional role as a public health agency involves protecting travelers' health; safeguarding the sanitary aspects of means of transportation and of services subject to sanitary inspection, including that of premises and processes; approval and exemption of products, inputs and relating technology; and overall responsibility for enforcing Brazilian health and sanitary legislation as well as International Health Regulations and other such formal Acts subscribed to by Brazil.

ANVISA field offices Brazil (portuguese)