{"topic_id":"gain_br2026-0001_brazil_01_legislation_changes","category":"intl-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: gain_br2026-0001_brazil_01_legislation_changes\ncategory: USDA-GAIN-INTL\ntitle: Brazil Updated Plant Registration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed - Legislation Changes (BR2026-0001)\nlang: en\nsource: USDA GAIN BR2026-0001 (January 06, 2026)\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-18\ntokens_estimated: 2009\nextra: {\"country\": \"Brazil\", \"report_id\": \"BR2026-0001\", \"report_date\": \"January 06, 2026\"}\n---\n\n# Brazil Updated Plant Registration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed - Legislation Changes\n\n**Report Number:** BR2026-0001\n**Date:** January 06, 2026\n**Country:** Brazil\n**Prepared By:** USDA FAS Foreign Agricultural Service\n**Source:** [USDA GAIN Report](https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Brazilian+Ministry+of+Agriculture+Publishes+Updated+Plant+Registration+Procedures+for+Animal+Food+and+Feed+Plant+Registration_Brasilia_Brazil_BR2026-0001.pdf)\n\n## Legislation Changes\n\nVoluntary Report – Voluntary - Public Distribution\n\nDate: January 06, 2026\nReport Number: BR2026-0001\n\nReport Name: Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture Publishes Updated Plant\nRegistration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed Plant Registration\nCountry: Brazil\nPost: Brasilia\nReport Category: Agricultural Situation, FAIRS Subject Report, MISC-Commodity, Trade Policy\nMonitoring\n\nPrepared By: Camila Aquino\n\nApproved By: Joseph Degreenia\n\nReport Highlights:\nThis report outlines updated plant and label registration guidance for U.S. animal food and feed product\nexporters to Brazil. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Agricultural Affairs (OAA)\nBrasília will provide assistance for U.S. plant registration in Brazil; however, U.S. animal food and feed\nproducts exporters are responsible for product label registration in Brazil. Please note that products\ncannot be shipped until confirmation of both plant and label registration is received from the\nGovernment of Brazil.\n\nTHIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF\nAND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY\n\n\nTable of Contents\nLegislation Changes ............................................................................................................................ 3\nForeign establishment plant registration ............................................................................................. 4\nRequesting plant registration .............................................................................................................. 4\nPlant Registration - U.S. portion ......................................................................................................4\nPlant Registration – Brazil Portion ..................................................................................................5\nPlant Update and Exclusion in the MAPA System: ............................................................................ 7\nAccess to the PGA-SIGSIF platform .................................................................................................. 8\nRegistering Plant representatives in the platform ............................................................................8\nProduct registration and enrollment .................................................................................................9\nCargo arrival procedures ................................................................................................................... 10\nGuidance for Exporters on Health Certificates for Animal-Origin Products .................................... 10\nInterim procedures ............................................................................................................................ 11\nAppendixes: ...................................................................................................................................... 12\nAppendix 1 - List of Product Categories .......................................................................................... 13\nAppendix 2 – Letter of Request for Plant Approval ......................................................................... 14\nAppendix 3 – Letter of Request for Plant Update............................................................................. 15\nAppendix 4 – Letter of Request for Plant Exclusion ........................................................................ 16\nAppendix 5 – Registration in Brazil`s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) PGA-SIGSIF\nSystem – Step-by-Step Guidance...................................................................................................... 17\n1. Log in to your PGA-SIGSIF Account ........................................................................................17\n2. Verify the Users Authorized for your Company ........................................................................18\n3. Create a New User Account .......................................................................................................20\n4. Link User Account to Your Company`s Plants in the System ...................................................22\n5. Manage/Inactivate Current Users Authorized for your Company .............................................27\n6. Request a Change of Status of a Current User in the System ....................................................29\nAppendix 6 – Example of Declaration in English ............................................................................ 31\nAppendix 7 – Example of Declaration in Portuguese ....................................................................... 32\n\n2\n\n\nLegislation Changes\nTo export to Brazil, the U.S. exporter of animal food and feed products must meet eligibility\nrequirements from the United States Department of Agriculture, from the U.S. Food and Drug\nAdministration (FDA), as well as from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock\n(MAPA). General information on import requirements is available in the USDA Food and Agricultural\nImport Regulations and Standards Report (FAIRS) Annual Country Report and the Annual\nFAIRS Export Certificate Report, as well as other reports prepared on a voluntary basis. These reports\nare available in the FAS GAIN reports database1.\nOn May 28, 2024, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva published Decree 120312, which\nmodernized inspection and mandatory oversight of products intended for animal food and feed from\nproduction to commercialization. The decree introduces changes to the registration processes for\nproducts intended for animal food and feed as well as animal food and feed plant registration.\nOn July 7, 2025, the Department of Animal-Origin Products Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture\nand Livestock (DIPOA MAPA) published Circular Letter 12/2025 DIPOA/MAPA that notified the\nprocedures for animal food and feed imports into Brazil. The circular went into effect the following day\nand provided updated guidance for animal food and feed establishments registration in Brazil. Later on\nDecember 1st, the circular was updated, and can be found here3 – this is the current implementation\nregulation in place at the moment of publication of this report.\nPrior to the circulars, animal food and feed establishments exporting to Brazil relied on local importers\nto register the plant and products. This model posed challenges for exporters, including restrictions on\nusing the same importers for sales and concerns over the handling of intellectual property related to their\nproducts.\nUnder this circular, animal food and feed exporters will follow the same registration procedures as\nexporters of animal-origin products for human consumption: plant registration will occur on a\ngovernment-to-government basis, while producers will handle their own product registrations.\nThe main points outlined in the Circular Letter 21/2025 include:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForeign establishment plant registration\nAccess to the PGA-SIGSIF platform\nProduct registration\nCargo arrival procedures\nInterim procedures\n\nhttps://gain.fas.usda.gov/#/home\nhttps://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/decreto-n-12.031-de-28-de-maio-de-2024-562744387\n3\nhttps://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/insumos-agropecuarios/insumos-pecuarios/alimentacao-animal/arquivosalimentacao-animal/SEI_48632586_Oficio_Circular_21.pdf\n1\n2\n\n3\n\n## Source\n\nUSDA GAIN (Global Agricultural Information Network)\nOriginal source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service\n\n---\n\n*Last updated: 2026-07-18*\n","sources":[],"tokens_estimated":2009,"generated_at":null,"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."}