The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAPA in Portuguese), through Ordinance SDA/MAPA No 1.176, called for a public hearing to review the proposed regulation of plant products analogous to animal products.

The proposed ordinance under review aims to establish minimum identity and quality requirements for plant products analogous to products of animal origin.

Analogous plant product: food product, including beverages, formulated with raw material of plant, algal or fungal origin or a mixture of these and which has a counterpart of animal origin regulated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.