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Extract from the Report of the 15th Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, Mar del Plata , Argentina , 13 - 17 November 2006 (see http://www.codexalimentarius.net/download/report/670/al30_36e.pdf )
Food importers must take Codex standards as reference in their contractual relations. In 2005, the Ministries of Public Health and Foreign Commerce issued a Resolution by which food importers have the obligation to establish traceability in food import operations to facilitate the national competent authorities the identification of the food quality and safety issues.
The National Standardization Office keeps constant and systematic work on adoption and implementation of Codex Standards.
Information last updated - February 2007