India sets new import requirements for Brazilian exports of 24 plant products

The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has announced that as of March 1, new requirements related to genetically modified organisms will come into effect on exports of 24 plant products to India.  The rules were established by the country through the FSSAI (India’s food safety and standards authority).

“The export of these products must be accompanied by an official certificate, according to a model established by the Indian authority, which must be issued by MAPA at the point of exit of the goods”, explains the director of the Department of Plant Health and Agricultural Inputs, Carlos Goulart.

All of these plant products, regardless of the degree of processing and the proposed use, must receive the referred non-GMO certification. Exporters must request the issuance of the certificate at the International Agricultural Surveillance unit (VIGIAGRO) for the goods to be shipped.

For the products that are already authorized for GMO cultivation in Brazil – beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), corn, soybeans, and sugar cane – the laboratory analysis report to be presented is to be issued by a laboratory accredited by MAPA, attesting the absence of GMO in the product that is exported.

Vegetable products subject to compliance with the requirement are indicated in the list below:

Product / Scientific name
1 Pineapple /  Ananas cosmosus
2 Pumpkin / Curcubita pepo
3 Alfalfa /  Medicago sativa
4 Plum / Prunus domestica L.
5 Rice / Oryza sativa
6 Potato / Solanum tuberosum
7 Sugar beet / Beta vulgaris
8 Sugar cane / Saccharum sp
9 Safflower / Carthamus Tinctorius
10 Apple / Malus domestica
11 Canola / Brassica napus
12 Beans / Phaseolus vulgaris
13 Chicory / Cichorium intybus
14 Cowpea beans / Vigna unguiculata
15 Eggplant / Solanum melongen
16 Linseed / Linum usitatissimum L.
17 Corn / Zea mays
18 Melon / Cucumis melo
19 Papaya / Carica papaya
20 Turnip / Brassica rapo
21 Peppers / Capsicum annuum
22 Soy / Glycine max
23 Tomato / Lycopersicon esculentum
24 Wheat / Triticum aestivum

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