Sanitizing and Cleaning Products

The sanitizing product is defined by Anvisa as a substance or preparation intended for application on objects, fabrics, inanimate surfaces and environments, for the purpose of cleaning and the like, disinfection, disinfestation, sanitization, deodorization and odorization, in addition to disinfection of water for human consumption , horticultural and swimming pools.

Companies legally authorized to manufacture, store, distribute, transport, fractionate or import sanitizing products are subject to verification of compliance with Good Manufacturing and Control Practices, requested by the competent health authority through inspection.

All sanitizing products are classified according to risk, purpose, sale and employment.

For notification and registration purposes, sanitizing products are classified as risk 1 and risk 2.

Risk 1 products can only be marketed after notification made through a fully electronic petition and published on Anvisa's website, on the world wide web - internet.

Risk 2 products can only be marketed after the registration has been published in the Federal Official Gazette (DOU).

Risk 1 sanitizing products are exempt from registration and their notification is exempt from revalidation.

The validity period for the registration of sanitizing risk 2 products is 10 (ten) years.

The interest in the continued commercialization of the products must be declared in the electronic system available, in the last six months of the decade of regularization. The absence of a declaration of interest in the continuity of commercialization will result in the cancellation of the regularization of the product.

The person responsible for the regularization of sanitizing products who intends to stop selling it in the Brazilian market must request the cancellation of its regularization to Anvisa.

For the manufacture and / or import of sanitizing products it is necessary that the company has Operation Authorization - AFE, granted by ANVISA and Operation License - LF - granted by the local Sanitary Surveillance agency, responsible for sanitary surveillance actions, in whose area scope, the factory / importer will be installed.

It is not necessary to have a Certificate of Good Manufacturing Practices (CBPF) to request registration or notify sanitizing products. However, companies must comply with Good Manufacturing Practices.

Anvisa acts in the registration and notification of these products, before their commercialization, observing quality criteria to guarantee their effectiveness and safety. The Agency also develops norms and standards, supports the registration of information on the occurrence of health problems caused by sanitizing agents, acts in the control and assessment of risks, monitors the technical and scientific development of substances and, when necessary, adopts corrective measures to eliminate, avoid or minimize the dangers related to sanitizers.