On August 13, 2012, Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) Acting Assistant Administrator, Theresa M. McCarthy and ANVISA Director-President Dirceu Brás Aparecido Barbano signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) intended to establish a consistent channel for information exchange regarding imported and exported tobacco products.
The MOU, signed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, also seeks to establish a consultative and collaborative process in order to strengthen cooperation in developing technical methodologies for supporting regulatory enforcement efforts, as well as in exchanging information with a view to developing cooperative laboratory testing procedures for tobacco classification and compliance determinations.
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