{{Short description|Brazilian government agency}} {{Infobox government agency |agency_name = Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency |nativename_r = Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária |logo = Logotipo da Anvisa.jpg |logo_width = 135px |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |formed = {{start date and age|1999|1|26|df=y}} |preceding1 = |dissolved = |superseding = |jurisdiction = Federative Republic of Brazil |headquarters = Brasília, Brazil |employees = 2206<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/servidores/orgao?paginacaoSimples=true&tamanhoPagina=&offset=&direcaoOrdenacao=asc&orgaosServidorLotacao=UR36207000000001,OR36207&colunasSelecionadas=linkDetalhamento,orgaoSuperiorExercicioSIAPE,orgaoExercicioSIAPE,quantidadePessoas,quantidadeVinculos,orgaoLotacaoSIAPE,unidadeOrganizacionalServidorLotacao|title=Detalhamento dos Servidores Públicos por Órgão – Portal da transparência|website=www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br|accessdate=Jan 4, 2021}}</ref> |budget = R$ 3.261.331.118.216,00 (2019) <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br/download-de-dados/orcamento-despesa|title=Orçamento da despesa – Portal da transparência|website=www.portaldatransparencia.gov.br|accessdate=Jan 4, 2021}}</ref> |minister1_name = |minister1_pfo = |minister2_name = |minister2_pfo = |chief1_name = Antonio Barra Torres<ref name="Torres">{{Cite web|url=https://idec.org.br/noticia/senado-aprova-indicacao-de-antonio-barra-torres-para-diretor-da-anvisa|title=Senado aprova indicação de Antonio Barra Torres para diretor da Anvisa|website=Idec|language=pt|date=July 15, 2019|accessdate=March 12, 2021}}</ref> |chief1_position = President-Director |chief2_name = |chief2_position = |parent_agency = |child1_agency = |keydocument1 = |website = https://www.gov.br/anvisa/ |footnotes = }}
The '''Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency''' ({{langx|pt|Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária|links=no|italics=yes}}, '''''Anvisa''''', literally National Health Surveillance Agency) is a regulatory body of the Brazilian government, created in 1999 during President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's term of office. It is responsible for the regulation and approval of pharmaceutical drugs, sanitary standards and regulation of the food industry.
The agency bills itself as "an independently administered, financially autonomous" regulatory body. It is administered by a five-member collegiate board of directors,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.anvisa.gov.br/eng/index.htm|title = Sanitary Surveillance's official website in English|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130216082404/http://www.anvisa.gov.br/eng/index.htm|archive-date = 2013-02-16}}</ref> who oversee five thematic directorates, assisted by a five-tier oversight structure.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://portal.anvisa.gov.br/documents/281258/0/Organograma/a83de177-6254-4a62-afb9-479c8dcf0a31 |title=ORGANOGRAMA |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=ANVISA |access-date=6 October 2017 }}</ref> Since September 2018 the agency is headed by Antonio Barra Torres.<ref name="Torres"/> __TOC__
==Pesticide approvals and monitoring== Brazil is the world's largest consumer of pesticides.<ref name=gonzales>{{cite web |url=https://news.mongabay.com/2018/02/brazils-fundamental-pesticide-law-under-attack/ |author=Jenny Gonzales |title=Brazil's fundamental pesticide law under attack |publisher=Mongabay |date=February 20, 2018 |accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref><ref name=ecowatch>{{cite web| url=https://www.ecowatch.com/brazil-bolsonaro-pesticides-2636194015.html| author=Sue Bradford, Thais Borges| title=Brazil's Bolsonaro Green-Lights 150+ Pesticides This Year| publisher=EcoWatch| date=May 3, 2019| accessdate=July 30, 2019}}</ref> They are primarily used in the production of soy and corn.<ref name=gonzales/> The number of approved pesticides increased "rapidly" between 2015 and 2019.<ref name=ecowatch/> Tereza Cristina, the agriculture minister, noted that "there is no general liberation" of new pesticide registrations and no reason for concern when pesticides are used as instructed.<ref name=ecowatch/>
The agency also runs a program for checking pesticide levels in food crops found in supermarkets. However, in May 2022, the agency reached a mark of 3 years without publishing its results, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a reason. The agency also refused to publish partial results from the last tests performed in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anvisa completa três anos sem divulgar análise da presença de agrotóxicos em alimentos |trans-title=Anvisa reaches three years without publishing analyses on the presence of pesticides in food |url=https://g1.globo.com/jornal-nacional/noticia/2022/05/23/anvisa-completa-tres-anos-sem-divulgar-analise-da-presenca-de-agrotoxicos-em-alimentos.ghtml |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=G1 |date=24 May 2022 |language=pt-br}}</ref>
==See also== * Regulation of therapeutic goods * Brazilian Nonproprietary Name * Epidemic Intelligence Service * World Health Organization
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