Ministry of Agriculture updates international phytosanitary certification standard

On June 22, MAPA (the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supplies) published Ordinance No. 177 in the Official Federal Gazette. The ordinance establishes the new procedures and criteria for issuing the Phytosanitary Certificate in the export and import of vegetables, vegetable parts, products of vegetable origin, and other articles regulated for Brazil.

“The Phytosanitary Certificate is the vegetable passport for export. It is the official document used to certify that plants, vegetable products, and products of vegetable origin meet the importing country’s requirements and can enter its territory”, explains Edilene Cambraia, General Coordinator of International Phytosanitary Inspection and Certification.

The updated standard now allows importing countries’ most diverse requirements to be fulfilled. These include adopting procedures related to the export of plant products that involve transshipment in neighboring countries. These procedures aim to meet the demand of Brazilian and South American exporters who use the La Plata Basin to transport grain and cereal products.

Another new standard is the provisions related to the Phytosanitary Certification in importing plant products, establishing forms and limits to prove that Brazilian requirements have been fully complied with by the exporting countries.

The new Phytosanitary Certification provisions are based on updated international guidelines established under the International Plant Protection Convention (ICPV), overseen by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

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