The government ordered the dissolution of the National Food Commission (CONAL in Spanish) and modified the control and updating regime of the Argentine Food Code (CAA in Spanish), according to Decree 538/2025. In this way, food management and control were centralized in the National Administration of Medicines, Food, and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) and the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA Spanish).

The Ministry of Health, through the National Administration of Medicines, Food, and Medical Technology (ANMAT ), and the Ministry of Economy, through the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries, by Joint Resolution, will keep the standards of the Argentine Food Code (CAA) up to date, resolving any modifications that may be necessary for its ongoing adaptation to advances in the field, taking as references international standards and agreements entered into within the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR in Spanish).

The government argues that CONAL’s collegial structure slowed down procedures and that technical agencies have sufficient capacity to take on the tasks of drafting, reviewing, and proposing regulatory changes.

Among its arguments, the Executive maintains that “the dissolution of CONAL does not imply a reduction in the protection of public health or in the quality and safety of food, but rather seeks to optimize decision-making processes by concentrating responsibilities in the entities that have the power of oversight and control.”