The National Administration of Medicines, Foods and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) has released a report regarding the management of the Department of Health and Nutritional Surveillance of Foods. The Department’s mission is to implement actions aimed at identifying, controlling, and preventing the risks associated with the foods we consume. This report outlines the details of some of the surveillance activities conducted during the first half of the year 2025.
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Argentina – ANMAT simplifies and unifies the tariff charged for the importation of food and food inputs
The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) decided to replace the regime of tariff scales paid by companies importing food and materials that may be in contact with them, such as packaging, with a single rate of 0.5% of the FOB value of the good acquired abroad.
This was so decided by this Administration through Provision No 4538/2025, which was published on Friday, June 27 in the Official Gazette, effective 30 days after its publication.
The revision and modification of the tariff regime applicable to import procedures before the National Food Institute (INAL in Spanish) aims at promoting regulatory simplification, administrative efficiency and greater economic equity in tariff procedures related to imported food products.
The current system of scale tariffs generates distortions in terms of proportionality with respect to the declared value of the goods. Indeed, under the current system, situations may arise in which the tariff to be levied is higher than the FOB value declared or represents a disproportionate percentage in relation to it.
Argentina – Updated fees for procedures related to food and supplements
The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish), by means of Disposition 25/2024, updated the amounts of the fees that will accrue for procedures related to food products, dietary supplements, food for specific medical purposes, establishments, packaging, import/export, laboratory analysis, authentications and federal network of laboratories.
Argentina – ANMAT publishes new fees for food and dietary supplement procedures
Through Provision No. 10041/2022 the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) published the new amounts of the tariffs for procedures related to food products, dietary supplements, food for specific medical purposes, establishments, packaging, import/export, laboratory analysis, authentications and federal network of laboratories.
The Americas – Argentina: ANMAT creates calculator for estimating critical nutrient profile
The National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT in Spanish) has made available to the entire population a calculator of critical nutrients to find out which foods must have warning seals on their packaging.
This tool performs the official nutrient profile calculations and presents the nutritional warning labels for food products as established by Law No. 27642 and Decree 151/2022.
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