FEDERAL OFFICIAL GAZETTE OF BRAZIL  
Published : April 06, 2022  | Edition : 66 | Section: 1  | Page: 7  
Agency : Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply/Agricultural Defense Department  
 
SDA ORDINANCE No. 556, OF MARCH 30, 2022  
 
Amends SDA Normative Instruction No. 34, of September 25, 2018, and 
Annex XLIX of MAPA Normative Instruction No. 39, of November 27, 2017.  
 
THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURAL DEFENSE OF THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK AND 
SUPPLY , in the use of the attribution conferred by arts. 24 and 68 of Annex I of Decree No. 10,827 of September 30, 
2021 and the sole paragraph of art. 70, of Normative Instruction No. 39, of November 27, 2017, and in view of the 
provisions of Law No. 1,283, of December 18, 1950, in Law No. 7, 889, of November 23, 1989, in Decree No. 9,013, of 
March 29, 2017 , and the provisions of Processes No. 21000.100776/2021 -31 and 21000.105034/2021 -01, resolves:  
Art. 1. SDA Normative Instruction No. 34, of September 25, 2018, becomes effective with the following changes:  
"Art. 4 . .....................................................................................................  
Paragraph 1. Prior import authorization will only be granted when the requirements set out in items I, II and III of 
art. 2.  
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Paragraph 4. Even if the import has been previously authorized, the import may be rejected, before 
internalization, if the sanitary r equirements from the animal health or public health point of view are not met."  (NR)  
"Art. 6 . ..............................................................................................................  
I - Import license - LI or equivalent document including the following information:  
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o) name of the VIGIAGRO unit where the reinspection will take place, pursuant to art. 20 of Normative 
Instruction No. 39, of November 27, 2017; and  
p) corporate name and registration number with the Federal Inspection Service - SIF of the establishment 
that will carry out the mitigation treatment referred to in art. 15 -A; or  
q) corporate name and number of the Federal Inspection Service - SIF or of the related establishment - 
ER of the establishment where the re -inspection will take place, in the cases provided for in art. 482 -B and 482 -C of 
Decree No. 9013, of March 29, 2017.  
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"Art. 10. ...............................................................................................................  
Paragraph 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph 1 of art.4, the technical units referred to in the 
caput will assess the compliance of the request taking into account:  
I - whether the foreign establishment is authorized to export the product to  be imported to Brazil; and  
II - the Vigiagro unit, the SIF or the ER where the re -inspection will be carried out; or  
III - if the establishment indicated to carry out the mitigation treatment referred to in art. 15 -A has 
conditions to carry out such procedures.  
Paragraph 4. Without prejudice to the other sanctions provided for in the legislation, the Department of 
Inspection of Products of Animal Origin will suspend imports when the importer:  
I - not carry out the collection of products that may incur a risk to health or that have been tampered with;  II - provide or present false information, statements or documents to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Supply;  
III – dispatch or sell products of animal origin subject to mandatory reinspection pri or to the conclusion of 
the reinspection;  
IV - do not properly dispose of products that do not comply with the provisions of the legislation;  
V - not submit for reinspection products of animal origin subject to mandatory reinspection; or  
VI - fail to comply with the obligations of non -marketing or return or re -export of products provided for in art. 21.  
Paragraph 5. The suspension referred to in paragraph 4 will be applied for a minimum period of ninety days, 
doubled in cases of recurrence.  
Paragraph  6. The s uspension will take effect within thirty days from the date on which the importer became 
aware of the notification . 
Paragraph  7. The list of suspended importers will be made available on the website of the Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Supply".  (NR)  
"Art. 21. The load sampled in the PACPOA will remain retained in the primary zone until the evaluation of the 
results of the laboratory tests.  
Paragraph 1. At the request of the importer, the load sampled in the PACPOA may be removed from the  
primary zone to await the analysis of the results of the laboratory tests, by means of a marketing prohibition term, whose 
model will be made available on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.  
Paragraph 2. The cargo will be sto red in a place previously declared by the importer, where it must be kept in 
appropriate conservation conditions, its commercialization being prohibited until release by the competent authority.  
Paragraph 3. Cargo removed from the primary zone to await the  analysis of laboratory results that does not 
meet the provisions of the legislation must return to the primary zone for return to the country of origin or re -export.  
Paragraph 4. The importer must confirm the return of the cargo to the country of origin or its re -export within 30 
(thirty) days, renewable for an equal period, counted from the date of notification of the laboratory result.  
Paragraph 5. New import authorizations will be suspended, as a precaution, for the importer who does not 
confirm the return to the country of origin or the re -export of the cargo within the period defined in the previous paragraph, 
until these procedures are confirmed.  
Paragraph 6. Importers who fail to comply with the obligations defined in the term of the m arketing ban or who 
do not prove the return or re -export of the entire cargo within the specified period will be prevented from removing cargo 
sampled in the PACPOA from the primary zone to await the analysis of the results of the laboratory tests, at peri od of one 
year, without prejudice to the other sanctions provided for in the legislation.  
Paragraph  7. Notifications to the importer regarding the provisions of this article will be sent to the 
representative registered in the computerized system referred to in art. 5, and may even be carried out by electronic 
means".  (NR)  
"Art. 32. The nationalization of products of animal origin produced and certified in the period between the 
suspension of the authorization of the foreign establishment and the respective  return of exports to Brazil will not be 
allowed".  (NR)  
"Art. 38. The competent unit of the International Agricultural Surveillance System - VIGIAGRO will verify the 
sanitary situation of the country of origin and precedence of the product and the fulfillm ent of the sanitary requirements for 
imports from Brazil attested in the International Health Certificate issued by the competent sanitary authority ". (NR)  
Art. 2 . MAPA Normative Instruction No. 39, of November 27, 2017, becomes effective with the following 
changes:  
" ANNEX XLIX - IMPORT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTS  
............................................................................................................................. .... 1.9. The sanitary situation of the country of origin and precedenc e of the product and the sanitary requirements 
for imports from Brazil will be made available by the Department of Animal Health through an electronic tool.  
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3.3. Sample collection and laboratory analysis : 
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b) when the guidelines or programs focus on the Compliance Program, the loads subject to collection will have 
their release for nationalization conditioned to the terms provided in the specific legislation;  
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Art. 3. Are revoked:  
I - sub-items "b", "m" and "n" of item I of art. 6 of the SDA Normative Instruction No. 34, of September 25, 
2018; and  
II - art. 15 of SDA Internal Standard No. 4, of December 16, 2013.   
Art. 4. This Ordinance enters into force on May 2, 2022.  
JOSE GUILHERME TOLLSTADIUS LEAL  
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