Brazil Updated Plant Registration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed - Legislation Changes
Report Number: BR2026-0001 Date: January 06, 2026 Country: Brazil Prepared By: USDA FAS Foreign Agricultural Service 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)
Legislation Changes
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Date: January 06, 2026 Report Number: BR2026-0001
Report Name: Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture Publishes Updated Plant Registration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed Plant Registration Country: Brazil Post: Brasilia Report Category: Agricultural Situation, FAIRS Subject Report, MISC-Commodity, Trade Policy Monitoring
Prepared By: Camila Aquino
Approved By: Joseph Degreenia
Report Highlights: This report outlines updated plant and label registration guidance for U.S. animal food and feed product exporters to Brazil. The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service Office of Agricultural Affairs (OAA) BrasΓlia will provide assistance for U.S. plant registration in Brazil; however, U.S. animal food and feed products exporters are responsible for product label registration in Brazil. Please note that products cannot be shipped until confirmation of both plant and label registration is received from the Government of Brazil.
THIS REPORT CONTAINS ASSESSMENTS OF COMMODITY AND TRADE ISSUES MADE BY USDA STAFF AND NOT NECESSARILY STATEMENTS OF OFFICIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT POLICY
Table of Contents Legislation Changes ............................................................................................................................ 3 Foreign establishment plant registration ............................................................................................. 4 Requesting plant registration .............................................................................................................. 4 Plant Registration - U.S. portion ......................................................................................................4 Plant Registration β Brazil Portion ..................................................................................................5 Plant Update and Exclusion in the MAPA System: ............................................................................ 7 Access to the PGA-SIGSIF platform .................................................................................................. 8 Registering Plant representatives in the platform ............................................................................8 Product registration and enrollment .................................................................................................9 Cargo arrival procedures ................................................................................................................... 10 Guidance for Exporters on Health Certificates for Animal-Origin Products .................................... 10 Interim procedures ............................................................................................................................ 11 Appendixes: ...................................................................................................................................... 12 Appendix 1 - List of Product Categories .......................................................................................... 13 Appendix 2 β Letter of Request for Plant Approval ......................................................................... 14 Appendix 3 β Letter of Request for Plant Update............................................................................. 15 Appendix 4 β Letter of Request for Plant Exclusion ........................................................................ 16 Appendix 5 β Registration in Brazil`s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA) PGA-SIGSIF System β Step-by-Step Guidance...................................................................................................... 17
- Log in to your PGA-SIGSIF Account ........................................................................................17
- Verify the Users Authorized for your Company ........................................................................18
- Create a New User Account .......................................................................................................20
- Link User Account to Your Company`s Plants in the System ...................................................22
- Manage/Inactivate Current Users Authorized for your Company .............................................27
- Request a Change of Status of a Current User in the System ....................................................29
Appendix 6 β Example of Declaration in English ............................................................................ 31 Appendix 7 β Example of Declaration in Portuguese ....................................................................... 32
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Legislation Changes To export to Brazil, the U.S. exporter of animal food and feed products must meet eligibility requirements from the United States Department of Agriculture, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), as well as from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA). General information on import requirements is available in the USDA Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report (FAIRS) Annual Country Report and the Annual FAIRS Export Certificate Report, as well as other reports prepared on a voluntary basis. These reports are available in the FAS GAIN reports database1. On May 28, 2024, Brazilian President Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva published Decree 120312, which modernized inspection and mandatory oversight of products intended for animal food and feed from production to commercialization. The decree introduces changes to the registration processes for products intended for animal food and feed as well as animal food and feed plant registration. On July 7, 2025, the Department of Animal-Origin Products Inspection of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (DIPOA MAPA) published Circular Letter 12/2025 DIPOA/MAPA that notified the procedures for animal food and feed imports into Brazil. The circular went into effect the following day and provided updated guidance for animal food and feed establishments registration in Brazil. Later on December 1st, the circular was updated, and can be found here3 β this is the current implementation regulation in place at the moment of publication of this report. Prior to the circulars, animal food and feed establishments exporting to Brazil relied on local importers to register the plant and products. This model posed challenges for exporters, including restrictions on using the same importers for sales and concerns over the handling of intellectual property related to their products. Under this circular, animal food and feed exporters will follow the same registration procedures as exporters of animal-origin products for human consumption: plant registration will occur on a government-to-government basis, while producers will handle their own product registrations. The main points outlined in the Circular Letter 21/2025 include: ο· ο· ο· ο· ο·
Foreign establishment plant registration Access to the PGA-SIGSIF platform Product registration Cargo arrival procedures Interim procedures
https://gain.fas.usda.gov/#/home https://www.in.gov.br/en/web/dou/-/decreto-n-12.031-de-28-de-maio-de-2024-562744387 3 https://www.gov.br/agricultura/pt-br/assuntos/insumos-agropecuarios/insumos-pecuarios/alimentacao-animal/arquivosalimentacao-animal/SEI_48632586_Oficio_Circular_21.pdf 1 2
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Source
USDA GAIN (Global Agricultural Information Network) Original source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
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