Rules for international health certification of plant products published

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Supply has published the requirements, criteria, and procedures for international health certification of plant products. The standards are part of Normative Instruction (IN) No. 19, published last Tuesday (08/13), which comes into force in 90 days.

According to the rules, only economically valuable plant products, by-products and wastes, and exporter self controlled systems that meet the specific health requirements of the country or block of importing countries may be certified.

“The standard enables the opening of markets to Brazil, once the sanitary certification is appropriate to the dynamics of commercialization and the procedures adopted for quality compliance with the international market,” says the director of the Department of Inspection of Vegetable Products from the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, Glauco Bertoldo.

When issuing the International Plant Health Certificate (CSI Plant), the requirements agreed or officially communicated by the importing country or group of countries are observed. Currently, we highlight the requirements for the export of peanuts, sugar, and Brazil nuts.

“In order to export peanuts to the European Union, Brazil needs to certify all the batches destined to the bloc’s member countries for hygienic and sanitary aspects. The same procedure applies to sugar exported to the Colombian market”, exemplifies the Coordinator of Plant Quality Regulation of the Secretariat of Agricultural Defense, Karina Coelho. The next product to be certified for export will be margarine.

In case the certificate needs to be replaced due to alteration, rectification, splitting, consolidation, or loss, the interested party should request it to the unit where it was issued, attaching the original certificate and other supporting documents. Only one remission request is allowed for each operation.

The Department of Inspection of Vegetable Products is already working to make the document issuance digital and so that the processing occurs with the security and speed required in international trade.

The issuance of CSI Plant does not replace the other documents required in the exportation of products of plant origin.

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