{"topic_id":"gain_br2026-0001_brazil_02_foreign_plant_registration_procedures","category":"intl-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: gain_br2026-0001_brazil_02_foreign_plant_registration_procedures\ncategory: USDA-GAIN-INTL\ntitle: Brazil Updated Plant Registration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed - Foreign Plant Registration Procedures (BR2026-0001)\nlang: en\nsource: USDA GAIN BR2026-0001 (January 06, 2026)\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-18\ntokens_estimated: 2043\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 - Foreign Plant Registration Procedures\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## Foreign Plant Registration Procedures\n\nForeign establishment plant registration\nForeign animal food and feed establishments seeking to export to Brazil must obtain a simplified\nregistration with MAPA. A foreign establishment manufacturer is defined as an establishment engaged\nin one or more of the following activities: cultivation, creation, extraction, synthesis or receipt of\nsubstance from animal, plant, mineral or some other nature, and performs the manipulation, fractioning,\ngrouping, preparation or storage to obtain products intended for animal food and feed, with the\npossibility of commercialization.\nForeign storage establishments are exempted from registration, as long as no manipulation, fractioning,\ngrouping, preparation or packing takes place.\nBrazilian legislation requires that all requests be sent with documents that attest plant registration by the\nU.S. competent authority, as well as a Good Manufacturing Practices declaration by the U.S. competent\nauthority.\n\nRequesting plant registration\n\nPlant Registration - U.S. portion\nFor plants under the Food and Drug Administration authority, the procedure is the following:\nThe U.S. animal food and feed plant will apply online for the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM)\nexport certificates and request the following certificates:\n1 - Certificate of Free Sale for Animal Food (COFS)\n2 – Current Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate (CGMP).\nThe US plant must be under a government regulatory inspection program.\n\nApplications for all CVM export certificates may be submitted through the FDA Industry Systems web\npage4. If the company is unable to use CVM eCATS, it may contact FDA for assistance at\nCVMExportCertification@fda.hhs.gov.\nThe company can access CVM eCATS through the FDA Industry Systems web page linked above.\nEnter the FDA’s 4 out of 8 Unified Registration and Listing System (FURLS) Account ID and\n\n4\n\nhttps://www.access.fda.gov/oaa/logonFlow.htm?execution=e2s1\n\n4\n\n\npassword, click the “I understand” radio-button, and then Login. For questions, the company may\nclick on the “Help Desk” link on the same web page.\nThere are multiple certificates available to apply. The two certificates required and agreed upon with the\nBrazilian sanitary authorities are the COFS and the CGMP.\n\nPlant Registration – Brazil Portion\nThe U.S. animal food and feed plants seeking to export to Brazil are required to submit a “Letter of\nRequest for Plant Approval” (Appendix 2) to the USDA FAS/Brasília (OAA) to request plant\nregistration.\nThe letter should be signed by a company representative and can include one or more plants from the\nsame company.\nThe Letter of Request for Approval should have the following information for each plant that\nregistration is requested:\na. Establishment Control Number: The unique number provided by the U.S. Competent Authority to\nthat specific plant. Different plants can not share the same plant number;\nb. Establishment Corporate Name: The establishment corporate name the official U.S. Competent\nAuthority database;\nc. Address, Zip Code, State: Describe full address, indicating avenue, street, district, number, etc.;\nd. Purpose: Intended for Animal Food (type “Destinado à Alimentação Animal”)\ne. Area: Animal Food and Feed (type “Alimentação Animal”)\nf. Category(ies): Include just the number(s) of the category. Options are:\n1 – Additive;\n2 – Ingredient;\n3 – Feed;\n4 – Food;\n5 – Supplement;\n6 – Premix;\n7 – Nucleus;\n\n5\n\n\n8 – Concentrate;\n9 – Chewable.\nAttention: The determination of which category to apply for must follow the definitions of the categories\navailable in Appendix 1. MAPA will not accept product that is not categorized properly, and for which\nthe plant does not have approval.\ng. Contact information of the establishment representative: Please include name, title, telephone\nnumber, and email.\n\nExample:\n\nIn the request to FAS, the company will provide a packet containing the following documents for each\nplant:\na) Letter of Request for Approval;\n If submitting a request for multiple plants at the same time, one letter with all information\nfor each plant suffices.\nb) FDA Certificate of Free Sale showing the importing country as Brazil, and with the attestation\ninforming plant registration;\nc) FDA Current Good Manufacturing Practice Certificate (CGMP);\nd) Translation of the documents; and,\n MAPA will only accept documents evaluated and sent by the foreign authorities – and not\ndirectly by the exporters. A simple informal translation is acceptable in those cases.\n The Letter of Request for Approval does not need to be translated.\ne) Apostille is required if the certificates do not have a mechanism which MAPA can use to verify\ntheir authenticity online, such as a QR Code.\n\nThe OAA will liaise with MAPA on behalf of the FDA and the company. FAS will review the packet,\nprepare a cover letter and officially submit the request to MAPA. Upon receiving a request for plant\n\n6\n\n\nregistration, MAPA will review it for compliance. If approved, the plant will be added to MAPA's\ndatabase of plants authorized to export to Brazil. The database is available at the following link5.\nOnce MAPA completes the registration process, they will notify the OAA, which will then confirm the\nregistration with the company. Once the plant is registered with MAPA, the company will be able to\nregister users and labels in MAPA’s online system, request Import Licenses, and begin exporting to\nBrazil. Please note that products manufactured prior to the registration date will not be accepted into\nBrazil and could lead to official notifications against the company and stuck shipment(s). For plants that\nwere already exporting to Brazil prior to the change in legislation, products may continue to be produced\nunder the importer’s name and exported to Brazil until July 7, 2030.\n\nPlant Update and Exclusion in the MAPA System:\nIf a U.S. exporter needs to modify the registration of a plant already listed with MAPA (such as changes\nto the name of the plant, or to the categories of goods to be exported, for instance), the process is the\nsame as for plant registration with the exception of using a different letter format. Please use the Letter\nof Request for Plant Update (Appendix 3). In the letter, the exporter must specify the information as\npresently listed in the MAPA system under the \"previous\" section and indicate the desired modifications\nunder the \"current\" section.\nPlease note that the “current” line should list all fields, regardless of modifications not being requested\nfor some fields. If there is no modification on a specific field, please repeat the information as listed in\nthe “previous” line. If categories are being added, please keep the original information and add the new\ncategories. Example:\n\nIf an approved category is no longer listed on the “current” line, the information will be updated to\nremove that category, and the company will no longer be allowed to export products under that category\nto Brazil.\nIf a company wishes to be removed from the list of plants authorized to export to Brazil, the process\nfollows the same steps as plant registration but requires the Letter of Request for Plant Exclusion\n(Appendix 4). This letter only needs to include the plant's control number and corporate name.\n5\n\nhttps://sistemas.agricultura.gov.br/pga_sigsif/pages/view/sigsif/consultahabilitacaoestrang/indexEstabelecimentoEstrangeiro.\nxhtml\n\n7\n\n\nExample:\n\nShould you need assistance in this process, please reach out to agbrasilia@state.gov.\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":2043,"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."}