Brazil Consults Over Ordinance on Metal Cookware

SafeGuardSHardgoodsSep 17, 2025

SG 136/25

Brazil has launched a 60-day consultation on a proposal to revise its conformity assessment requirements for metal cookware.

On August 21, 2025, Brazil’s National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia, INMETRO) issued Public Consultation No. 25 of August 19, 2025 (PC No. 25/2025), to revise the nation’s requirements for metal cookware under INMETRO Ordinance No. 499 of December 20, 2021 (Ordinance No. 499/2021), ‘Approving the consolidated quality technical regulations and conformity assessment requirements for metal cookware’ (SafeGuardS 168/23 and references therein).

PC No. 25/2025 clarifies that metal cookware is regulated under Ordinance No. 499/2021. It now classifies metal pressure cookers as ‘economic activity risk level III’ and other metal cookware as ‘risk level I’ under Ordinance No. 282/2020.

Highlights of key changes to Ordinance No. 499/2021 in PC No 25/2025 are summarized in Table 1.

Section to Ordinance No. 499/2021	Highlights of proposed change
Purpose and scope	Emphasizes the need to register certified pressure cookers with INMETRO as a condition for using the conformity identification seals (CISs) under Annex III, Figures 1 and 3 Indicates the need to certify ‘other metal cookware’ (other than metal pressure cookers) for the use of CISs listed in Annex III, Figures 2, 4 and 5 Specifies deadlines for manufacturers, importers and retailers of ‘other metal cookware’ to adopt CISs
Annex I ‘Technical quality regulation’	Permits the use of any metallic material for metal cookware bodies, subject to meeting this regulation and Health Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, Anvisa) resolutions for the migration of certain elements Allows lids for metal cookware to be made with materials other than those used in metal cooker bodies, subject to meeting other requirements in this quality technical regulation (Regulamento Técnico da Qualidade, RTQ) Outlines specifications for hardness, the use of vitreous enamel on different metallic surfaces, as well as resistance to thermal shock and impact
Annex II ‘Conformity assessment requirements’ (Requisitos de avaliação da conformidade, RAC)	Updates the list of adopted supplementary documents for the purpose of RAC. These are to be used in addition to those listed in the general requirements for product certification (Requisitos Gerais de Certificação de Produtos, RGCP)
Annex B1 ‘Self-declaration of construction metal’	Modifies the requirements for self-declaration of the metals used in the manufacture of metal cookware bodies and lids
Annex III ‘Conformity Identification seal’	Details the conformity identification requirements for metal cookware with or without non-stick coating, including the use of a CSI

The ordinance is expected to enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Gazette of the Union (Diário Oficial da União, DOU).

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