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VISAR as the sanitary and phytosanitary authority for exports

Dossier
Running an agro-export operation20-agro-exportar.md
Domain
Exporting agricultural produceagro-exportar
Room
Trade/comercio
Audited
not audited

The Vice-Ministry of Agricultural Health and Regulations (VISAR), part of the Ministry of Agriculture (MAGA), is the authority for plant health, animal health and the safety of unprocessed foods. Its Plant Health Directorate issues phytosanitary export certificates and phytosanitary import permits; its Food Safety Directorate registers the production and trading units and establishments that handle unprocessed foods. Processed foods are registered with the Ministry of Public Health (MSPAS) — a sanitary registration or license — not with VISAR; the exact division of competences by product category remains to be verified.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Caveat

the VISAR–MSPAS division of competences remains to be verified

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