{"topic_id":"BR_pet_food_RDC_26_overview","category":"brazil","context":"---\ntopic_id: \"BR_pet_food_RDC_26_overview\"\ncategory: \"brazil\"\ntitle: \"BR pet food RDC 26 overview\"\nlang: en\nsource_document: \"Brazil MAPA / IN pet food regulations\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Brazil MAPA / ANVISA\"\n  title: \"BR pet food RDC 26 overview\"\n  url: \"\"\n  retrieved: \"\"\n  ref: \"\"\n  doc_type: \"official source\"\n  needs_review: true\nauthority_tier: T1\nauthority_tier_basis: \"T1:br-gov\"\nauthority_tier_date: 2026-08-04\n---\nBrazil's pet food registration framework per USDA GAIN reports BR2024-0015 and BR2026-0001: oversight sits with MAPA (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock). Historically all animal food products required registration; pet food was later exempted from mandatory registration under MAPA risk analysis provisions, and MAPA continues to approve formulas and monitor compliance through product identity analysis and label-content checks. Therapeutic pet food (\"coadjuvant\" food with therapeutical characteristics) was exempted from registration conditional on minimum requirements, and companies may optionally register a product as an \"innovation product\" to protect special characteristics (registration valid 5 years; industry has requested 10). In late 2018/early 2019 responsibility for animal food moved to MAPA/DIPOA (Department of Inspection of Animal Origin Products). Most recently, Decree 12031 (May 28, 2024) revised registration processes across the animal-product chain, and DIPOA issued updated establishment-registration guidance on July 7, 2025; imported products need both plant registration and label registration (PGA-SIGSIF) before shipping. Earlier drafts citing a \"Rio Grande do Sul State law 6.198/1974\", \"MAPA IN 04/2007\" or \"ANVISA RDC 26/2015\" as the framework basis are not supported by these sources. Market context: the Brazilian pet industry generated R$ 47.01 billion (US$ 9.42 billion) in 2023 (+12% vs 2022), with pet food at 78% of revenue.\n","sources":["Brazil MAPA / ANVISA — BR pet food RDC 26 overview"],"source":{"authority":"Brazil MAPA / ANVISA","title":"BR pet food RDC 26 overview","url":"https://www.gov.br/mapa/","retrieved":"","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"Brazil MAPA / IN pet food regulations","verification_file":""},"source_document":"Brazil MAPA / IN pet food regulations","source_file":"","trust":{"authority_tier":"T1","fidelity":"verbatim","license":null,"display_grade":"A"},"tokens_estimated":178,"generated_at":"2026-07-16","tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}