Argentina – INAL publishes guidelines on the procedures and implementation of the Decree on the import and export of food and materials, containers and utensils intended to be in contact with food

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The National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) has published a series of questions and answers to clarify doubts related to Regulatory Decree No 35/2025, which establishes the procedures for the import and export of food and materials, containers and utensils intended to be in contact with food.

  • What is this decree about?
  • What is the scope of the standard?
  • What happens with products that are not defined in the Argentine Food Code?
  • What happens if a national manufacturer wants to produce a product similar to another one that has been imported without being included in the Argentine Food Code?
  • Economic Integration Treaties and Reciprocity Agreements: Which countries would be specifically addressed in this point and what happens when the agreements are limited to some food categories?
  • In relation to origin, is the country of manufacture of the product (origin) or the origin of the product considered?
  • Do imported Annex III products actually have to comply with all the requirements of the FAC (excluding articles 1416 bis, tris, quarter and fifth)?