The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) and the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina, thru Joint Resolution 4/2025, incorporate oak wood chips (Quercus petraea) for flavoring distilled alcoholic beverages into Chapter XVI “Correctives and Adjuncts” of the Argentine Food Code (CAA).

ARTICLE 1. Article 1201 bis is hereby incorporated into the Argentine Food Code, and shall be worded as follows: “Article 1201 bis: By the term “oak chips” is meant oak staves, pieces, and/or shavings, whether used separately or in combination, in the production of distilled alcoholic beverages for the purpose of imparting certain characteristics derived from that wood.