The importation of animals or animal materials intended for scientific research follows the procedures established by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, in Interministerial Normative Instruction no. 32/2013.
The procedures vary depending on whether the material to be imported is considered of significant or negligible health risk. The table below lists the materials that fit into each of the classifications.
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MATERIAL CLASSIFIED AS NEGLIGIBLE SANITARY RISK
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MATERIAL CLASSIFIED AS BEING OF SIGNIFICANT SANITARY RISK
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▪ Synthetic or natural nucleic acids that are not obtained from genetically modified organisms or by recombination processes, that are purified, and obtained from animals; and veterinary substances without a biological activity, that are non-toxic and not inoculated in animals or in veterinary agents;
▪ Animal biological materials, preserved or fixed at some step of their processing in formaldehyde at a minimum concentration of 10% (ten per cent), or in alcohol at a minimum concentration of 70% (seventy per cent), or in glutaraldehyde at a minimum concentration of 2% (two per cent);
▪ Histological slides and paraffin blocks containing material for histological slices;
▪ Culture media and ingredients for laboratory use, not containing blood products or materials from ruminants in their composition, except for those deemed free of risk for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE);
▪ Antigens, antibodies and other purified animal peptides and proteins;
▪ Enzymes and other purified microbial proteins; and
▪ Inactivated veterinary agents.
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▪ Animal biological materials, preserved or fixed at some step of their processing in formaldehyde at a minimum concentration of 10% (ten per cent), or in alcohol at a minimum concentration of 70% (seventy per cent), or in glutaraldehyde at a minimum concentration of 2% (two per cent);
▪ Non-purified, non-recombinant nucleic acids with biological activity, or toxic nucleic acids or nucleic acids inoculated in animals or in veterinary agents;
▪ Antigens, antibodies and other purified animal peptides and proteins;
▪ Enzymes and other non-purified microbial proteins;
▪ Inactivated veterinary agents;
▪ Plasmids and phages; and
▪ Cell lines and animal tissues.
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If the material of your interest is listed in the table above, read the Interministerial Normative Instruction no. 32/2013 carefully for the procedure to be followed, including the templates of the statements and requirements to be filled out in the import process.