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:

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o) business name, full address and Federal Inspection Service number - SIF or Related Establishment - reinspection ER, when applicable; 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.

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§ 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 the 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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The provisions of the caput do not apply to situations 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 mandatory 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.

§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 Agriculture, 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 inclusion 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 result 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 refer 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 authority and will follow the notification procedures described in Chapter IV." (NR)

Art. 2 This Ordinance enters into force on the date of its publication.