Overview
RDC 722/2022 is Brazil’s framework resolution for maximum tolerated limits of contaminants in foods. It defines the legal concept of LMT, sets scope and basis rules, and points to IN 160/2022 for contaminant-by-food numeric limits.
Scope
The resolution applies to the whole food production chain. It excludes drinking water, bottled water, food-additive contaminants, supplement constituents, bacterial toxins, food-contact-material migration, and extraneous matter when those are governed by separate regulations.
Exact limit and units
The PDF does not contain the numeric LMT tables. Art. 6 states that contaminant LMTs are defined in IN 160/2022. This page should not be used as a numeric limit table until IN 160/2022 is separately ingested.
How tested
Art. 10 requires methods used for LMT verification to meet Codex Alimentarius procedural-manual performance criteria. For inorganic arsenic, total arsenic methods may be used first; if results exceed the corresponding LMT, inorganic arsenic testing is required.
Enforcement posture
Art. 9 prohibits food that fails the applicable contaminant LMTs from being used for direct human consumption or as ingredients in food for human consumption. Art. 11 treats noncompliance as a sanitary infraction under Law 6.437/1977.
History of changes
RDC 722/2022 entered into force on 2022-07-01 and revoked RDC 487/2021.
How it compares
This page is a jurisdictional framework anchor, not a comparison table. Numeric comparison requires the IN 160/2022 companion table.
Sources
Update history
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