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Double inspection slows down food imports in Brazil

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A recent change in the inspection rules for animal source food imported by Brazil has caused delays of up to one month in the arrival of fish, milk powder, inputs and feed. The situation is already generating supply problems and can make these products more expensive, especially fish such as salmon and hake from countries like Argentina and Chile.There are reports of trucks in line for 30 days in the dry ports of São Borja and Uruguaiana, both in Rio Grande Sul, waiting to be cleared by Vigiagro, the agricultural defense agency. Companies in the industrial food sector blame the old, chronic lack of agricultural inspectors and the alleged difficulty of these workers to adapt to the new rules put in place by the Agriculture Ministry in August.Before the new measures, inspections took place in industrial plants, slaughterhouses or venues registered by the Federal Inspection Service (SIF). Since August 18, imports must be analyzed by an on-line central body, so shipments cannot enter Brazil before going through a second inspection in ports, airports or other bonded warehouses.The changes come from the enforcement of a 2017 presidential decree signed by the then President Michel Temer. Agribusiness companies complain that by putting in place additional inspections, the federal government strangled the flow of these goods. There are 64 such facilities qualified in Brazil to carry out these inspections.Transport companies are also being forced to wait for laboratory analyses to move forward with imports. As in some cases qualified providers of analyses are located in other states, shipments wait up to two weeks in the borders. The flow of fresh food has been normalized in the ports, but frozen products still face delays. There are about a thousand shipments waiting for clearance, 600 of which only in Santos, Brazil’s main port, a source familiar with the matter says."Vigiagro said it would take up to 48 hours to clear imports, but it is already taking more than 15 days because the ministry has no structure...

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