he government It’s official Deep reform of the health control system for imported foods, By publishing Decree No. 790/2025 In it Official Gazette. This action updates the date Decree 1812/92In practice for more than three decades, it seeks “Simplifying procedures, avoiding overlaps, and accelerating the entry of food products into the country” As detailed in the standard.
The text was signed by the President Javier Miley; chief of staff, Manuel Adorni Minister of Economy, Louis Caputo, And the head of health Mario LugonesIt stipulates that official controls on imported foods focus on basic aspects Safety and healthand Verifications related to quality or trade marks are cancelled, Which “It has to be evaluated by the market itself.”
According to the decree, food coming from countries that have… “High health surveillance” included in Annex III to Decree 2126/71, They will be exempt from duplicate controls. In this way, the state’s efforts will be focused on a risk-based scheme, Prioritize inspections when they are “truly justified.”
In detail, this is updated Annex III And this Includes a list of countries considered “High health monitoring”whose food products will be exempt from duplicate controls upon entering the country.
Among them Canada, the United States, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and member states of the European Union and the European Free Trade Associationin addition to those held by Argentina Economic integration treaties or reciprocity agreements in health and health matters.
“The new scheme streamlines operations, reduces costs and eliminates overlap between organizations. Less bureaucracy means more cheaper food and more exports. In short, more freedom.” The most prominent of which is the Minister of Liberation and Transformation of the State, Federico Sturzeneggerin a post on Social network
In this sense, the official indicated that this reform “Close the circle” Months ago, other measures were taken to open and modernize the food sector. “In these months we have radically transformed the Argentine food industry to bring better quality and cheaper food to Argentines.” He said.
Sturzenegger reviewed the deregulation process that included Decree No. 35/2025which liberalized trade in manufactured products and simplified the export process by requiring only the certificates required by destination countries, and Decree No. 538/2025Which led to the abolition of the National Food Authority (CONAL), which returned its duties to both Sinasa Like for I grow.
“Today, with No. 790/25, we update a decree that has been regulating controls for more than thirty years. Now, “Post-market controls focus only on what matters: safety and health.” The minister confirmed.
Details of the base for which Senasa, together with ANMAT, will be responsible Establishing technical and health procedures applied to the import of foodstuffsAnd ensuring compatibility with international health surveillance systems.
Furthermore, the decree highlights that the current scheme “responds to already overcome production and commercial realities” and that the modernization will allow “the harmonization of domestic systems with the most demanding international standards, optimizing the state’s resources.”
The Minister of Liberation stated that the preparation of the new text was the result of joint work between Cinasa, led by… Maria Beatriz “Bello” Giraudo; The General Secretariat for Production Coordination in the Ministry of Economy, in charge of this pablo lavin, The Ministry of Agriculture is headed by Sergio Erreta—, with the participation of the Ministry of Health and Anmat.
“We have been working on this amendment for some time in a coordinated effort between Senasa, Economy and Health. “Thank you to all the teams who made this transformation possible,” Sturzenegger wrote, and also thanked the Legal and Technical Secretariat team “for making room for the file.”
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