October 15, 2025
On Aug. 28, 2025, Brazil’s ANVISA published Normative Instruction No. 396 to establish the positive lists of substances authorized for the manufacture of regenerated cellulose films intended to come into contact with food and its conditions of use.
The positive list for uncoated regenerated cellulose and positive list for regenerated cellulose films coated with cellulose derivatives as well as the restrictions and specifications are specified in Annex I and Annex II, respectively.
The percentages that appear in Annex I and Annex II of this Normative Instruction are:
- Expressed in mass/mass (m/m)
- Calculated in relation to the amount of uncoated anhydrous regenerated cellulose film
This resolution will be implemented on Feb. 28, 2026.
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