The National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI in Spanish), thru the Specialized Chamber for the Elimination of Bureaucratic Barriers, has published Resolution No. 0184-2026/SEL-INDECOPI, which orders the Ministry of Health to eliminate the validity limit on this key sanitary permit for national production.

Bureaucratic Barrier Declared Illegal

The imposition of a specific validity period of two (2) years for the official Technical Validation Certificate of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points Plan (hereinafter, HACCP), materialized in Article 58-A of the Regulation on Health Surveillance and Control of Food and Beverages, approved by Supreme Decree 007-98-SA, and in Article 33 of the Health Standard for the application of the HACCP System in the manufacture of Food and Beverages, approved by Ministerial Resolution 449-2006-MINSA.

The National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety (SENASAG in Spanish) has published the Regulations for the issuance of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Plan Validation Certificate for food companies.
All natural or legal persons, owners or holders of food companies established in the national territory, that have a valid Sanitary Registration, and that have implemented their HACCP Plan as a food safety assurance system and request their Validation Certificate are subject to the validation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Plan.

By means of ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTION – SENASAG N°65/2025, the National Agricultural Health and Food Safety Service (SENASAG in Spanish) has published “Regulations for the issuance of the Certificate of Validation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan – HACCP for companies in the food industry”.

All natural or legal persons, owners or holders of food companies, established in the national territory, that have a valid Sanitary Registration, and that have implemented their HACCP Plan as a food safety assurance system and request their Certificate of Validation, are subject to the validation of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point Plan – HACCP.