Regional Authorities
Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR in Spanish)
Andean Community (CAN in Spanish)
Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA in Spanish)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
National Authorities – South America
Argentina
National Administration of Drugs, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish)
National Food Commission (CONAL in Spanish)
Official Gazette of the Argentine Republic
Argentine Food
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Bolivia
National Service of Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG in Spanish)
Food and Nutrition Unit – Ministry of Health
Bolivian Institute of Standardization and Quality (IBNORCA in Spanish)
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Brazil
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA in Portuguese)
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA in Portuguese)
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Chile
Ministry of Health
Institute of Public Health (INSP in Spanish)
Regional Ministerial Health Secretariats (SEREMI in Spanish)
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Colombia
Ministry of Health and Social Protection
National Food and Drug Surveillance Institute (INVIMA in Spanish)
Institute of Technical Standards and Certification (ICONTEC in Spanish)
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Ecuador
National Agency for Health Regulation, Control and Surveillance (ARCSA in Spanish)
Ecuadorian Institute of Standardization (INEN in Spanish)
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Guyana
Ministry of Health
Guyana Food Safety Authority – Ministry of Agriculture
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Paraguay
Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare
National Institute of Food and Nutrition (INAN in Spanish)
National Health Surveillance Directorate (DNVS in Spanish)
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Peru
General Directorate of Environmental Health (DIGESA in Spanish)
General Directorate of Medicines (DIGEMID in Spanish)
National Institute of Quality (INACAL in Spanihs)
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Uruguay
Ministry of Public Health
Department of Food, Cosmetics, Households and Others – Ministry of Public Health
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Venezuela
Ministry of Popular Power for Health
Autonomous Controllership Service Sanitary (SACS in Spanish)
National Authorities – Central America
Belice
The Ministry of Health & Wellness
The Belize Bureau of Standards
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Costa Rica
Ministry of Health
Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC in Spanish)
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El Salvador
Ministry of Health
Salvadoran Organization for Standardization (OSN in Spanish)
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Guatemala
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance – General Directorate of Health Regulation, Surveillance and Control
Guatemalan Standards Commission
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Honduras
Sanitary Regulation Agency (ARSA in Spanish)
Honduran Organization for Standardization (OHN in Spanish)
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Nicaragua
Ministry of Health – General Directorate of Sanitary Regulation
National Commission for Technical Standardization and Quality (CNNC in Spanish)
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Panama
Panamanian Food Agency (APA in Spanish)
Ministry of Trade and Industry – General Directorate of Standards and Industrial Technology
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Dominican Republic
Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance – Medicines, Food and Health Products Directorate (DIGEMAPS in Spanish)
Dominican Institute for Quality (INDOCAL in Spanish)
National Authorities – North America
Canada
Health Canada
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
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Mexico
Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (COFEPRIS in Spanish
Health Secretary
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USA
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda
Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Fisheries and Barbuda Affairs
Antigua and Barbuda Bureau of Standards (ABBS)
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Bahamas
Bahamas Agricultural Health and Food Safety Authority (BAHFSA)
Bahamas Bureau of Standards and Quality (BBSQ)
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Barbados
Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security
Barbados National Standards Institution (BNSI)
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Belize
Belize Agricultural Health Authority
Belize Bureau of Standards
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Dominica
Ministry of Health, Wellness and New Health Investment
Dominica Bureau of Standards (DBOS)
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Grenada
Ministry of Health
Grenada Bureau of Standards
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Guyana
Ministry of Public Health
Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS)
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Haiti
Ministry of Health
Haitian Bureau of Standardization
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Jamaica
Ministry of Health & Wellness
Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ)
National Compliance and Regulatory Authority
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Montserrat
Environmental Health Department
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Saint Lucia
Ministry of Health and Wellness – Environmental Health Department (EHD)
Saint Lucia Bureau of Standards (SLBS)
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St Kitts and Nevis
Ministry of Health
The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS)
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St Vincent and the Grenadines
Ministry of Health
Bureau of Standards
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Suriname
Ministry of Health
Surinaams Standaarden Bureau (SSB)
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Trinidad and Tobago
Ministry of Health
Trinidad & Tobago Bureau of Standards
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