G/SPS/N/BRA/1452/Add.1  
 
24 August 2021  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 23 August 2021, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Brazil . 
 
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Ordinance (Portaria) No. 381 of 16 August 2021, Amends Normative Instruction No. 34 of 25 
September 2018, which approves the procedures for prior import authorization, re -inspection and 
special controls applicable to imports of edible animal products  
Art. 1 Normative Instruction No. 34, of September 25, 2018, becomes effective with the following 
changes:  
"Art. 6................................................... ...............................................  
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o) business name, full address and Federal Inspection Service number - SIF or Related Establishment 
- reinspection ER, when appli cable; or  
p) business name, full address 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. 
........................................................ ........................................................ "(NR)  
"Art. 10. .................................................. ................................................  
§ 1 The technical units referred to in the caput must assess the compliance of the request taking into 
account whether the foreign establishment is authorized to export to Brazil for the product to be 
imported, the approval of the label registration, the VIGIAGRO entry unit and order of the product 
and if the SIF or reinspection ER or th e establishment indicated to carry out the mitigation treatment 
referred to in art. 15 -A is able to carry out such procedures.  
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"Art. 15. ... ............................................... .............................................  
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The provisions of the caput do not apply to situa tions dealt with in art. 15 -A." (NR)  
"Art. 15 -A. In the case of products of animal origin that require, in national territory, the performance 
of specific treatments to mitigate animal diseases established by the Department of Animal Health, 
it is mandator y to direct them to an establishment registered with the Service of Federal Inspection 
- SIF that has appropriate facilities and equipment, after receiving the internalized products.  G/SPS/N/BRA/1452/Add.1  
 
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  §1 The circulation of the products listed in the caput, from the place of  entry to the treatment 
establishment, must be accompanied by a transit document specifying the treatment to which the 
product must be submitted.  
§2 The Department of Inspection of Products of Animal Origin will publish on the website of the 
Ministry of Ag riculture, Livestock and Supply the products that must be submitted to the treatments 
covered in the caput, the criteria for the operationalization of the treatment, the list of establishments 
authorized to carry out it, as well as the requirements for inc lusion of establishments in the list.  
§3 Establishments authorized to carry out the mitigation treatments provided for in the caput must 
keep auditable records of their performance.  
§4 Failure to comply with the provisions of the previous paragraph will re sult in the removal of the 
establishment from the list provided for in paragraph two, without prejudice to the other sanctions 
provided for in the specific health legislation." (NR)  
"Art. 17. Failure to present the cargo for re -inspection or failure to ref er to the mitigation treatment 
provided for in Art.15 -A will result in the suspension of the evaluation of new requests for prior import 
authorizations for the respective importer, without prejudice to other sanctions provided for in specific 
legislation.  
The suspension referred to in the caput will follow the terms of Article 10 of this standard." (NR)  
"Article 37 -A. The occurrence of irregularities that are not covered by the cases provided for in 
Article  24 will also be notified to the foreign health aut hority and will follow the notification procedures 
described in Chapter IV." (NR)  
Art. 2 This Ordinance enters into force on the date of its publication.  
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This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of content and/or scope o f previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure 
in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of 
comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days. Under other 
circumstances, such as extension of originally announced final date for  comments, the 
comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [  ] National Notificati on Authority, 
[X] National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other 
body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply  
Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br  
Text(s) available from: [  ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:  
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply  
Secretariat of Trade and International Relations  
E-mail: sps@agricultura.gov.br  
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