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Anvisa ban on rice brands (Reproduction: TV Foco Montage)
The agency banned a very famous brand of rice due to health risks for consumers
The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa), on January 2, 2017, banned a very famous brand of rice, and removed it from the markets due to contamination with rat feces and health risk. Check out all the details below about this news that left consumers shocked at the time.
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Brazil has a very diverse cuisine, however, it is undeniable that Brazilians’ favorite dish is rice and beans. White grain is found daily in homes in our country, being one of the most consumed foods here. However, the brand we will talk about today had to be banned due to contamination and health risks.
And as we had already mentioned, it was in January 2017 that a specific batch of rice from the ‘Favorito’ brand was banned from sale and distribution by Anvisa. According to information from the ‘Jornal da Paraíba’ portal, the measure was only applied to batch 00204. This validity would end on February 25th of that same year.
The prohibition
The reason for the ban and withdrawal of the product from the markets was the detection of contamination by rat excrement after laboratory tests, which could cause risks to the health of consumers. Thus, Anvisa’s determination was officially published in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU) on January 2, 2017.
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According to the Federal Government’s official portal, the company responsible for packaging and distributing rice is Total Cesta Básica de Alimentos Ltda., located in Contagem, Minas Gerais. Through analysis, it was evident that samples from the batch contained foreign substances that indicated risks to human health.
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Furthermore, it was found that the batch of rice contained rodent hair, insect fragments and even insect larvae. Thus, Anvisa imposed the ban and ordered the company Total Cesta Básica de Alimentos to collect all stocks from the market.
The company never commented on the case
Since 2017, Total Cesta Básica de Alimentos Ltda. did not issue any official note or comment on the situation involving the quality of its product. However, even after years, the space remains open for her to give her version of the facts.
Current situation of the company
It is worth noting that, after investigations carried out by TV Foco, when searching for the ‘Favorito’ brand on the main marketplaces and markets, it ended up being found that the product is unavailable. Furthermore, its social networks are deactivated (click here to see), and the company, according to Google’s status, is permanently closed.
What is Anvisa’s role?
In Brazil, the National Health Surveillance Agency is responsible for creating standards and regulations and providing support for all activities in the area in the country. Anvisa is also responsible for carrying out health control and inspection activities at ports, airports and borders.
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