Brazil Updated Plant Registration Procedures for Animal Food and Feed - PGA-SIGSIF Access Levels and User Management
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)
PGA-SIGSIF Access Levels and User Management
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f) You will need to fill out the third part of the form “Establishment info”:
In the “Establishment type” field, click on the magnifying glass symbol to search for your plant.
The search form will pop up.
Select “Estrangeiro” (Foreign) under “Establishment type”. Select “Estados Unidos” (United States) under “Country” Insert the plant number as registered in MAPA/DIPOA under “Control no./ Establishment registration” – example below. Click on search. The results of your search will show up below. Click on “Select” to choose the plant. Click on “Insert”.
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g) The system will insert the plant information on the “Establishment Info” page. Please fill out the field “Company email to Contact”. h) The next sections of the form are “Access profile” and “Permissions”. This is where you will be able to select the level of access you want the user to have for that specific plant. Level 1 access: “Consulta Produto-Nac/Estrang” (National or Foreign Product Consultation) With this level of access, a user can search/request product registration; Standardized Product; Product Ingredient; See Board of Notices. The user can see labels linked to the company as well as products’ composition. Level 2 access: “Solicitante de Reg. Produto” (Product Registration Requester) With this level of access, a user can search/request product registration; Standardized Product; Product Ingredients; Control External Access. The user can request product registration from MAPA via the system. Level 3 access: “Controlador de Acesso Externo” (External Access Manager) With this level of access, a user can evaluate external access requests; Control external access and perform all other tasks in the previous levels. The user can deny/approve another user to be affiliated with the plant in the system. Note: It is imperative that the External Access Manager be a well-established staff at the company, as this person can deny any future access requests. More than one person can have this level of access to the system.
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h.1) If the plant does not have an External Access Manager user in the system, the system will automatically select “Yes” in the field “External access controller”.
h.2) If the plant already has a registered External Access Manager user in the system, the system will automatically select “Not” in the field “External access controller”, and select level 2 access, as shown below. To grant the new user External Access Manager user level, click on “Yes” in the field “External access controller”.
i) The next section of the form is Miscellaneous files. The user must attach required documents proving affiliation with the company, and a copy of personal ID. Please note that the system will only allow files in the following formats: .DOC, .DOCX, .PDF, .XLS, .XLSX, .OPF, .JPG, .PNG with maximum size limit of 5 MB.
From the dropdown menu entitled “File name”, select the option “Documento autenticado da empresa indicando os usuários como seus representantes no sistema” (Notarized document from the company indicating the representative in the system), and attach the scanned version of that document. The document example is available in Appendix 6. An informal translation of this document to Portuguese is needed. It does not need to be notarized. If the company chooses to use the document example in Appendix 6, it may use the informal translation template available in Appendix 7 to upload to the system.
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Click on “Documento de identificação civil do usuário” (Personal Identification Document), please upload your ID document scan. The personal document may be a passport or your driver’s license. After uploading the appropriate documents, please click on “enter and submit”.
j) Your request will be submitted to the system for evaluation. To check the status of your request, you can follow the guidance from Sections 4 a, b, and c of this guide.
The user verification is done manually by the PGA-SIGSIF staff, who check that all of the submitted documents and information meets the requirements.
Once your request for user registration is processed, in the “Situation” (Situação) field, the status will change to “Solicitação Aprovada” (Request Approved). If the submitted documentation does not meet Brazilian requirements, the user registration request will be denied, and you will receive an email notification from the email account “Portal Sistemas”, email “portalsistemas@agricultura.gov.br” If registration is denied, the user may file a new registration request.
- Manage/Inactivate Current Users Authorized for your Company
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To manage users associated with your company, you must have the highest level of access, labeled as “External Access Manager.” If you have that level of access, proceed as below. If you do not have the highest level of access, follow the guidance in section 6. a) To select the user whose access you wish to inactivate, follow the steps in Sections 1 and 2. Then, click on the left column “Select”. Please make sure you check the user name on the column “Full Name” and the plant number in the column “Scope/Number”. The plant number will be displayed as “EE/Plant Number”. “EE” stands for “Foreign Company”.
b) Click on “Inactivate” at the bottom. c) The system will show a confirmation screen, in which you need to state the reason why you wish to inactivate that user, as below. After completing the reason, please click on “Yes”.
After that, the system will show a message stating that “Registro inativado com sucesso” (Registration successfully inactivated). From this point onwards, the user will no longer be able to perform any tasks in the PGA-SIGSIF system on behalf of the company until you activate their account again (reauthorize), shall you want to do that. You can do this at any time.
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To confirm that the user is inactivated, you can double-check by following the steps in Section 2 of this guidance. The inactivated user will show as “Inativo” (Inactive), as below:
- Request a Change of Status of a Current User in the System
Any user associated with the company is eligible to have the highest level of access, or the External Access Manager user status. The user can request an upgrade. Before being granted, the user eligibility must be verified either by an already existing company`s External Access Manager and/or by MAPA SIGSIF staff.
Note that MAPA requires that all External Access Managers – whether they are new users or users whose access is being upgraded – submit a declaration of their company affiliation signed by a company official and notarized by a U.S. notary. A Hague Apostille is not necessary for this document. Appendix 6 of this report has an example of the “Declaration of Foreign Establishment Representative Designation to the Brazilian Sanitary Authority.” An informal translation of this document to Portuguese is needed.
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It does not need to be notarized. If the company chooses to use the document example in Appendix 6, it may use the informal translation template available in Appendix 7 to upload to the system. Please scan both documents together to upload them to the system. To register a user as an External Access Manager, follow the steps below: a) Log in to the system following the steps in Section 1. b) At the top of the page mouse over the field “Administrative”. c) Scroll down and mouse over “Access Management” and select “External Access Control”.
d) The system will display the screen “Search for external access release request”. Click on “+Fill out the additional form”.
The system will automatically populate the personal fields with the data you provided when you first registered. e) Follow all the steps from Section 4 e) onwards. During step 4 h) you can select the additional profile levels for the user.
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Source
USDA GAIN (Global Agricultural Information Network) Original source: USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
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*Last updated: 2026-07-18*