Processing establishments that manufacture dairy products for export to Brazil need to be approved by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture.

Exporters must check with suppliers that the milk and milk products to be exported have been approved by the Brazilian authorities. See Brazil's list of ap​proved establishments.

Note

Casein (CAS) products are not required to be listed with the Brazilian authorities.

Ships stores

Export certification is not issued for ships stores as the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021 do not apply. Ships stores are milk and milk products on ships or aircraft for the use of passengers and crew or for the service of the ships or aircraft on a voyage from Australia.

There are no known products that are prohibited for export to this market.

Milk and milk products of bovine origin are defined as prescribed goods under the Export Control Act. Production of these products for export is regulated under the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Milk and milk products manufactured from non-bovine species, for example buffalo, goat and sheep, may also need to be regulated through the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021, though this is only required when export registration and health certification from the Department is required by Brazil.

We are not aware that Brazil has any known additional requirements for the production and export of non-bovine milk and milk products.

Unless technical products and pharmaceutical material are prepared at an establishment that produces milk and milk products for export as food, these products are non prescribed goods. They are not regulated by the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Unless animal food is prepared at an establishment that produces milk and milk products for export as food, these products are non prescribed goods.

In accordance with the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021, animal food must be clearly identified as animal food and not for human consumption. It must also be segregated from and not contaminate milk and milk products that are for human consumption.

Brazil has no known additional requirements for Manufacturing Grade milk and milk products that differ from the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Manufacturing Grade products are defined in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Brazil has no known additional requirements for microbial sampling of milk and milk products that differ to those required in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.​

Brazil residue standards

Maximum residue limits (MRLs) or import tolerances for residues of specific agricultural and veterinary chemicals approved for use in Australia may not exist in Brazil or may be established at levels lower than those established in Australia. Maximum Limits (MLs) for contaminants may also vary between Brazil and Australia.

Food business operators should note that:

• These differences can be interrogated case-by-case by considering the Brazil ​standards and the Australian standards.
• Any detection of a residue above the Brazil MRLs/MLs (as applicable) at the border may result in rejection of the consignment.

Note

Importing country residue standards can usually be found via the official webpages of their competent authority. Links to a limited number of export markets and Australia are provided on the DAFF website.

Brazil has no known additional requirements for general operations that differ to those required in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Brazil has no known additional hygiene requirements that differ to those required in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Milk and milk products that are prescribed under Australia's export rules

1. are milk or milk products derived from a bovine animal; and
2. are intended to be exported as food.

Milk and milk products that are not prescribed under Australia's export rules

Milk and Milk products which do not meet the criteria under the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021 are classified by Australia as non-prescribed goods. It is the responsibility of the exporter to confirm with Brazil if there are any specific requirements for the import of these product. Typically, non-prescribed goods include, ice-cream, non-bovine milk and milk products, colostrum and products with a minor component of dairy.

Further information on exporting non-prescribed goods from Australia is available on the Department's website.

In some cases, an importing country requires specific health certification and government oversight for what would typically be non-prescribed milk and milk products. When required, these products become prescribed under export legislation and must meet all export and importing country requirements. This includes the products being manufactured and stored at an export registered establishment and having a valid export permit and health certificate for each consignment. Guidance on export registration can be found at Dairy export registered establishments.

5.1.1 Health certification for milk and milk products

For milk and milk products produces for human consumption (including milk and milk products classified as a prescribed good by an importing country), use health certificate template ZDBR01.

For milk and milk products, use the ZDBR01 Health Certificate.

The ZDBR01 Certificate contains the following attestations:

I, Official Veterinarian Inspector, certify that the products mentioned below:

1. Originated from a country free from Rinderpest and Lumpy Skin Disease (Contagious Nodular Dermatosis), and from dairy properties located in areas where foot and mouth disease cases have not been reported in a 25 kilometre radius in the last 12 months before production
2. Originated from an establishment which was not under any sanitary restrictions as a result of infectious-contagious disease eradication programs
3. Were obtained from milk which meets the physical, chemical and microbiological parameters included in Annex IV of the Normative Instruction n^o 51/2002 MAPA
4. Are free from hormones, tireostatics, antimicrobial agents, anti-parasitical products, mycotoxin agents, pesticides, or other forbidden drugs or the presence of these substances over the limit tolerated by the Brazilian Control Program of Residue in Milk Products (PCRL) (Normative Instruction n^o 42.1999- SDA/MAPA), which are within the limits of radioactivity accepted by the WHO
5. Were obtained from sanitized milk, thermally treated in accordance with OIE guidelines in order to inactivate pathogen agents which may transit diseases through milk (diseases listed by OIE). Cheese produced with milk that has not been pasteurised or thermally treated to assure negative alkaline phosphatise must be submitted to a maturation process under temperatures higher than 5^oC for a period of no less than 60 days
6. Originated from a plant officially registered and authorised to process milk and milk by-products by the competent authority of the exporting country and approved by the Federal Republic of Brazil Inspection Service;
7. Were packed with labels registered by DIPOA, and were transported by vehicles sanitised before carrying the consignment, in order to avoid pests
8. Were inspected by an Official Inspector, did not present any signs of tampering and were in perfect conservation condition
9. Are fit for human consumption.

Whenever export documentation is obtained, the exporter must provide a declaration stating that all the information provided in the permit is true and complete. They must also state that they are in possession of a declaration of compliance that:

1. applies to the milk and milk products
   
2. complies with the requirements of the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.
   

Transit certification requirements

Milk and milk products transiting the European Union or the United States may require transit documentation. These certificates are available as additional certificates through the EXDOC system. If the product is transiting the United States, standard certification is required and the exporter should contact the DRU for advice on how this certification may be issued. If the product is transiting a European Union member state, see the particular European Union member state regarding the certificate template to select.

When raising a Request for Permit, exporters must provide:

• the batch code of the consignment
• transfer documentation
• a Declaration of Compliance.

If the product contains imported dairy product, exporters must enter into the Request for Permit the:

• nature of the imported dairy ingredient including the percentage in the product
• country of origin.

Galacto-oligosaccharide (GOS) products

Brazil does not require health certification from the Department for GOS products. However, the exporter is required to get an export permit from the Department prior to departure of consignments containing GOS products.

The Department does not have information about certification requirements for Manufacturing Grade products exported to Brazil.

Some countries may accept the ZD016 certificate as to condition for Manufacturing Grade products. Exporters should check certificate requirements with their importer.

Certificate as to condition for Manufacturing Grade products

The ZD016 certificate as to condition contains the following attestations:

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the conditions or restrictions applicable under the particular inspection system prescribed under the Export Control Act have been complied with in respect of the prescribed good described above, being goods that are:

1. In sound condition
2. Of Australian Origin

The Department does not have information about certification requirements for exports of technical product and pharmaceutical material to Brazil.

Some countries may accept the ZD001 Certificate as to Condition. Exporters should check certificate requirements with their importer.

Certificate as to condition

The ZD001 certificate contains the following attestations:

I certify to the best of my knowledge that the information on this form is true and correct in every particular details and that the product described above is of Australian origin and is acceptable for sale in Australia.

The Department does not have information about certification requirements for stockfood exported to Brazil.

Some countries may accept the ZD015 certificate as to condition for stockfood. Exporters should check certificate requirements with their importer.

Certificate as to condition for stockfood products

The ZD015 certificate as to condition for stockfood or the E242A declaration and certificate for shipments of inedible animal products can be issued for stockfood made from milk and milk products.

The ZD015 certificate contains the following attestations:

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the conditions or restrictions applicable under the particular inspection system prescribed under the Export Control Act have been complied with in respect of the prescribed good described above, being goods that are:

1. In sound condition
2. Of Australian origin

The E242A declaration and certificate contains the following attestations:

It has been declared to me, a duly qualified veterinary surgeon in the employ of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia and I have no reason to doubt the products described above were derived from animals of Australian origin and the products were treated solely within Australia. I further certify that foot-and-mouth disease and rinderpest do not exist in Australia.

It is the responsibility of exporters to determine through their importers if export certification is required for consignments and trade samples that are less than 10 kilograms or 10 litres, as an export permit is not required for such consignments.

The ZX01 certificate as to dioxin status of Australian dairy products is available on request.

European Union (EU) transit certificates are available for consignments transiting the EU. Refer to the EU documentation requirements for edible products for the reference numbers and attestations in these certificates.

Exporters should ensure that their importer complies with any requirements to obtain a permit for imports into Brazil.

Brazil requires that labels for dairy product exported to Brazil be approved by the Brazil Department of Inspection of Animal Origin Products (DIPOA) in accordance with their Circular Letter DIPOA/SDA No. 14/2010. Labels must include:

1. Product name in Portuguese
2. Ingredients: (in descending order of initial amounts in the formula, including additives used, if any)
3. Produced by (corporate name of product manufacturer)
4. Est. Number (health control number at the Veterinary/Health Service for Inspection of Products of Animal Origin. The official stamp or hallmark (inspection stamp) of the agency in charge of health control of the product may be placed on this label).
5. Batch identification
6. Manufacturing date (day/month/year)
7. Expiry date (day/month/year)
8. Net content
9. Registration at the Ministry of Agriculture SIF/DIPOA under No. 0000/000 (sequential number – 4 digits, slash, followed by the health control number of the establishment) for each product.(name of the nationality adjective of the country of origin) industry.

Note

Additional information on product conservation, storage and use can be displayed on the label; in addition, it should comply with the requirements of other inspection agencies.

Certification for milk and milk products to be exported to Brazil is based on the production of milk and milk products in compliance with the requirements for labelling that are provided in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Brazil requires that labels for dairy product exported to Brazil be approved by the Brazil Department of Inspection of Animal Origin Products (DIPOA) in accordance with their Circular Letter DIPOA/SDA No. 14/2010. Labels must include:

1. Product name in Portuguese
2. Ingredients: (in descending order of initial amounts in the formula, including additives used, if any)
3. Produced by (corporate name of product manufacturer)
   
4. Est. Number (health control number at the Veterinary/Health Service for Inspection of Products of Animal Origin. The official stamp or hallmark (inspection stamp) of the agency in charge of health control of the product may be placed on this label).
5. Batch identification
6. Manufacturing date (day/month/year)
7. Expiry date (day/month/year)
8. Net content
9. Registration at the Ministry of Agriculture SIF/DIPOA under No. 0000/000 (sequential number – 4 digits, slash, followed by the health control number of the establishment) for each product.(name of the nationality adjective of the country of origin) industry.

Note

Additional information on product conservation, storage and use can be displayed on the label; in addition, it should comply with the requirements of other inspection agencies.

Certification for milk and milk products to be exported to Brazil is based on the production of milk and milk products in compliance with the requirements for labelling that are provided in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Brazil has no known specific requirements for shelf life restrictions other than those provided in the Export Control (Milk and Milk Products) Rules 2021.

Brazil has no known specific requirements for shipping marks (port marks).