European Union to audit Brazil’s sanitary system for possible reopening of fish exports

Brazil’s Minister of Agriculture, Carlos Fávaro, announced on Tuesday (Nov 4) that the European Union will conduct an audit of Brazil’s sanitary system in the first half of 2026, paving the way for a potential reopening of the European market to Brazilian fish products. Exports have been suspended since 2017.

“We received confirmation that the EU will audit Brazil’s fish processing plants. With this, in the first months of 2026, we will have the long-awaited opportunity to reopen the European market for Brazilian fish,” Fávaro told journalists after the second day of the Conference of Agriculture Ministers of the Americas in Brasília.

The ministry’s technical team expects the EU visit to take place between May and June. Although the minister referred to inspections of processing plants, the mission will focus primarily on Brazil’s sanitary control system.

In addition, the EU informed Brazil that it will accept the pre-listing system for egg exports — meaning all Brazilian egg producers meeting sanitary standards will be eligible to export to Europe. Eleven days earlier, the EU had already approved the pre-listing model for Brazilian poultry meat exports.

Fávaro also announced that Suriname has opened its market to Brazilian pork. “Next week we will formalize the protocol and make the market opening official,” he said.

Source: Globo Rural

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