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Argentina facilitates efforts to maintain adequate food production

SENASA facilitates deadlines and paperwork required for agricultural producers, thus allowing operations to continue for the entire food production chain during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the framework of preventive and mandatory social distancing ordered by the national government to address the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Service for Agrifood Health and Quality (SENASA) has provided a series of measures and has increased flexibility to ensure that stakeholders can carry out required paperwork in a digital format, which is key in the food production and distribution chain for domestic consumption and international trade.

The government has extended deadlines for several procedures and required documents. Animal feed productions have until July 31 to register as an establishment or submit other routine required documents.
The government will facilitate transport to and from farms that have not yet completed 2020 vaccinations for foot-and-mouth disease.
Inspections for the import and export of animals are considered essential and, by means of Provision 130/2020, the validity of diagnostic tests required to maintain or re-certify the disease-free status of operations expiring between 20 March and 31 May 2020 are extended until 31 May 2020.
The health authorizations for the transport of live animals were extended from one year to 18 months without affecting the health and welfare of the animals (Resolution 581/2014 and Provision DNSA 108/2020) and those for products, by-products and derivatives of animal origin are extended until 31 July 2020 (Resolution 295/2020).