Brazil Raw Milk Laws & Regulations

Raw milk (leite cru) for direct consumer sale is not authorized at the federal level in Brazil. Federal regulations — MAPA Normative Instructions IN 76/2018 and IN 77/2018 on raw milk collection and quality, issued under Decree No. 9,013/2017 (RIISPOA — Regulamento da Inspeção Industrial e Sanitária de Produtos de Origem Animal) — define standards for raw milk in the context of collection and transport to licensed processing facilities, not direct sale to consumers.

The significant pathway is through Brazil's artisanal dairy framework. Law No. 13,680/2018 (Lei do Queijo Artesanal) created a federal framework permitting interstate commerce in artisanal cheeses made from raw milk, legitimizing raw milk use in registered artisanal production. At the state level, Minas Gerais has the most developed framework: State Law No. 23,157/2018 and associated regulations from the Instituto Mineiro de Agropecuária (IMA) establish a registration system for artisanal dairy producers (queijeiros), authorizing farm-direct sales of artisanal raw milk products. Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and other states have followed with their own colonial and artisanal dairy frameworks.

Traditional informal farm sales of raw milk are widely practiced across rural Brazil with minimal enforcement action, particularly in traditional dairy regions such as the Serro and Canastra zones of Minas Gerais.