Meat Products 🇧🇷 Brazil
MAPA inspection required for most animal products
Can I bring Meat Products into Brazil?
MAPA inspection required for most animal products
Commercially packaged from approved origins only
- MAPA declaration
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture (MAPA) requires declaration and inspection of animal products including meat, dairy, and eggs. Commercially processed and packaged products from approved origins may be permitted. Fresh meat from most countries is prohibited. Enforcement in Brazil carries fines from BRL 500 to BRL 50,000 under Decreto-Lei 37/1966; Regulamento Aduaneiro (Decreto 6.759/2009); Código Penal Art. 334 (typical personal cases are handled as civil infringements).
PENALTIES
- Fine: 500–50000 BRL
- Civil penalty only
Leaving Brazil with meat products
Personal-use quantities of processed, cooked, or shelf-stable meat products may generally be exported from Brazil for personal consumption. Raw meat, poultry, and offal require a veterinary-issued Export Health Certificate for commercial or above-personal-use export. Many destinations (Australia, New Zealand, Japan, US, EU) restrict or prohibit personal-import of raw and cooked meat regardless of origin-side permissions.
Declare all meat products. Commercially packaged and sealed products have the best chance of acceptance.
Commercially packaged from approved origins only
- MAPA declaration
Instrução Normativa MAPA
This page covers destination customs rules in Brazil. Whether you can carry meat products through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Meat Products rules in other countries
Meat Products
🇦🇺 Australia
Fresh, dried, and most cooked meat products are prohibited. Biosecurity risk.
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🇳🇿 New Zealand
Almost all meat products are prohibited. New Zealand has strict biosecurity controls.
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🇺🇸 United States
Most fresh and cured meats prohibited from most countries
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🇨🇳 China
Most meat products prohibited under GACC regulations
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🇮🇩 Indonesia
Halal certification required for meat imports
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong
Most meat requires AFCD import permit