Chile

 

CHILE REGULATIONS

General requirements for import

Food Safety Regulation No 977/1996: Provides organizations with responsibilities to ensure food safety and good conditions related to the trade of imported food in its Section I. It also provides guidance on the inspection of imported fresh and frozen fishery products and about sampling to be carried out at the border.

You can find the legal text in Spanish version at the following link:

https://dipol.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DECRETO_977_96_2019-2.pdf

You can find the English version at the following link:

http://usdachile.cl/sitio_eng/sanitary-regulation/


Resolution No 3154/2017: Provides general requirements about importing live animals, including fisheries and aquaculture products in Chile.

You can find the Resolution at the following link, only available in Spanish version:

http://www.subpesca.cl/portal/615/articles-98417_documento.pdf


Additives, contaminants, antimicrobials and residues


Food Safety Regulation No 977/1996: Provides guidance in its Section II and III about additives, contaminantsin foodstuffs, which are permitted to be added to food sold in Chile, including standards and maximum levels allowed.

You can find the legal text in Spanish version at the following link:

https://dipol.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DECRETO_977_96_2019-2.pdf

You can find the English version at the following link:

http://usdachile.cl/sitio_eng/sanitary-regulation/

Resolution No 1560: Provides guidance in about residues of veterinary drugs in foodstuffs, which are permitted to be added to food sold in Chile, including their standards and their maximum levels.

You can find the Resolution at the following link, only available in Spanish version:

http://www.dinta.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Res.-1560_L%C3%ADmite-residuos-veterinarios.pdf


Microbiological and organic criteria

Food safety regulation No 977/1996: Provides guidance in its Section V on microbiological maximum limits in foodstuffs of aquatic animal origin.

You can find the legal text in Spanish version at the following link:

https://dipol.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DECRETO_977_96_2019-2.pdf

You can find the English version at the following link:

http://usdachile.cl/sitio_eng/sanitary-regulation/


Labelling and packaging

Food Safety Regulation No 977/1996: Provides guidance about the necessary requirements and standards for labelling and packaging in its Section II.

Mandatory information on the label:

1. Food Name

2. Net content expressed in units of the metric system or the international system, with the

unit symbol or full word.

3. For domestic foods, the name or business name and address of the manufacturer, producer,

processor, packer, or distributor.

4. Country of origin.

5. Name of Regional office of the Ministry of Health that issued the resolution.

6. Date of manufacture or packaging date of the product.

8. Expiration date or duration of the product.

9. Ingredients.

10. Additives.

11. Nutritional information.

12. Storage instructions.

13. Instructions for use.

14. For imported products, the name and address of the importer.

You can find the legal text in Spanish version at the following link:

https://dipol.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DECRETO_977_96_2019-2.pdf

You can find the English version at the following link:

http://usdachile.cl/sitio_eng/sanitary-regulation/

 

Traceability

Food Safety Regulation No 977/1996
: Provides guidance in its section I on the recall procedures of imported products that are subject to mandatory inspection at borders.

You can find the legal text in Spanish version at the following link:

https://dipol.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DECRETO_977_96_2019-2.pdf

You can find the English version at the following link:

http://usdachile.cl/sitio_eng/sanitary-regulation/


General Fisheries and Aquaculture Law: Aims at combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, thereby promoting the sustainability of global fisheries.

You can find the Law at the following link:

http://www.subpesca.cl/portal/615/articles-88020_documento.pdf

 

Last update: 21/09/2022

Cover photo: unsplash Paula Porto

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