The certification QR on a helmet vs your emergency tag: Brazil's Inmetro seal
Helmets sold in Brazil now carry a QR code on the back, inside the Inmetro seal. It's a good thing, and it isn't an emergency tag. Here's what each code is for, from the official text, and how to put both on one helmet.
What the Inmetro seal is
Inmetro is Brazil's national body for metrology and product certification. Portaria Inmetro nº 314/2025 (the official copy may only open from Brazil) sets the new conformity seal for helmets for motorcycle riders and passengers. The maker or importer sticks it on the back of the helmet, before it's sold.
The text describes it closely: 30 × 40 mm, indelible, with a permanent adhesive, and made to destroy itself if anyone tries to peel it off. It has to last at least five years. Among its security features are a QR code printed in copy-resistant ink and a letter-and-number code for reading by eye when the QR can't be scanned.
What its QR code tells you
Whether the seal is real. The Portaria says the code can be authenticated with a smartphone, and gives the purpose of the scheme, "Inmetro na Palma da Mão", a tool Inmetro built with Casa da Moeda do Brasil and Correios: to stop forged seals.
It says nothing about you. The seal goes on at the maker or the importer, before anyone owns the helmet, so it can't hold your name, your blood group or who to call. That's not a gap in the seal. It's a different job.
What your KINTAG tag tells a stranger
Your KINTAG sticker belongs to you, not to the helmet. Scanned with any phone camera, it opens your emergency profile in the browser: the do-not-remove-helmet warning in four languages, a button that calls the local emergency number (in Brazil, 192 for SAMU), and only what you switched on: allergies, medication, the people to call.
The sticker itself prints the same warning and your blood group, for when nobody has a phone or signal. More on who scans: Do paramedics scan QR codes on helmets?
Two QR codes on one helmet
Leave the Inmetro seal exactly where it is. Don't cover it, peel it or move it: it's made to break if removed, and the seal is how anyone can tell the helmet is genuine.
Put your KINTAG sticker low on the side of the shell, or on the back clear of the seal, so neither code hides the other. Two codes, two jobs: whoever checks the helmet scans the seal, whoever helps you scans your tag.
The dates, from the text
Every date in the Portaria is about supply and sale. From 31 December 2025, makers and importers use only the new seal, and they may sell old-seal helmets until 31 December 2027. From 30 June 2026, shops sell only products with the new seal, with one exception for helmets: a shop may sell old-seal helmets it already holds until 31 December 2028, if they were made or imported before 31 December 2025.
So for a while you may still find helmets with the older seal in shops, and the text allows it. None of these dates is addressed to the person wearing the helmet. They come from the consolidated text, as amended by Portaria nº 409/2026.
More guides
- Do paramedics scan QR codes on helmets? An honest answer — Nobody is required to scan a helmet sticker. Who does, what they see, and what works when nobody does.
- Removing a motorcycle helmet after a crash: when it stays on, when it comes off — What the authorities say about taking a rider's helmet off, where to read it, and what your tag tells the first person there.
- Emergency numbers by country — and how your tag picks one — The number your tag's call button dials in each country, the official source for each, and how it decides.
- QR helmet sticker vs medical ID bracelet, dog tag or NFC chip — Four ways to carry your medical ID on a bike, what each does well, and why two beats one.
Sources
- Portaria Inmetro nº 314/2025 — sistema-sil.inmetro.gov.br
Sources last checked: October 16, 2026