Through Joint Resolution 36/2025, the Secretariat of Health Management and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries amend articles 822 and 888 of the Argentine Food Code related to Fresh Vegetables and Fresh Edible Fruits.
Among the incorporations, fruits with names that evoke the richness of our land stand out: the jabuticaba (Plinia cauliflora and Plinia peruviana), the yvapority (Plinia rivularis), the uvaia (Eugenia pyriformis), the caraguatá (Bromelia balanceae), the chañar (Geoffroea decorticans). or coconut (Allophylus edulis). Also included are the achojcha or caigua (Cyclanthera pedata), the pindó (Syagrus romanzoffiana), the wild fig (Vasconcellea quercifolia), the ubajay (Eugenia myrcianthes), the guabiyú (Myrcianthes pungens) and the wild cereal or cherry (Eugenia involucrata). The list of new fruits is completed by tasi or doca (Araujia odorata), chili pepper (Capsicum baccatum var. baccatum), jacaratia (Jacaratia spinosa), mbocayá (Acrocomia aculeata), arachichú (Annona emarginata) and large grapefruit (Berberis commutata). In the heading of vegetables, the inclusion of the petiole of the quirusilla (Gunnera apiculata) is official.