Import Regulations & Standards
The import regulations imposed by the countries time to time to ensure Food Safety and Quality assurance includes non Tariff barriers for the various food products.
| S.No. | Circulation Date | Country | Report Title | Report Highlights | View Regulations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04 NOV 2024 | Chile | FAIRS Country Report Annual | This report provides an overview of Chile s current Sanitary Regulation for Food Products (known as RSA by its name in Spanish), as well as any other regulations with potential to disrupting food trade. | Click here |
| 2 | 04 NOV 2024 | Chile | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report lists and describes certificate and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations. | Click here |
| 3 | 13 NOV 2023 | Chile | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations. Since the last version of this report in 2022, two new certificates were negotiated: one to import live antelope and another to import horses that will participate in the XIX Pan American Games held in Chile. | Click here |
| 4 | 24 OCT 2023 | Chile | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | This report provides an overview of Chile’s current Sanitary Regulation for Food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish), as well as any other regulation with the potential of disrupting food trade. Since the last version of this report in 2022, Chile issued new requirements for the labeling of alcoholic beverages. | Click here |
| 5 | 22 NOV 2022 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report provides an overview of Chile’s current Sanitary Regulation for food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish), as well as any other regulation with the potential of disrupting food trade. Since the last version of this report in 2021, two new regulations were passed: one eliminating testing requirements for U.S. beer and the other requiring in country fortification of milk with vitamin D. | Click here |
| 6 | 17 NOV 2022 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations. Three new certificates were developed since the last version of this report, one for vampire bats, one for breeding swine, and one for hedgehogs. This report outlines the certificates that need to accompany all imports of food products to Chile. | Click here |
| 7 | 30 SEP 2021 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards | This report provides an overview of Chile's Sanitary Regulation for food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish) currently in force, as well as any other regulation with the potential of disrupting food trade. | Click here |
| 8 | 05 NOV 2020 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations. | Click here |
| 9 | 10 SEP 2020 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report provides an overview of Chile´s Decree 977 of 1997 of the Ministry of Health, also known as the Sanitary Regulation for Food Products (RSA by its name in Spanish) related to human health. | Click here |
| 10 | 26 DEC 2019 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations. | Click here |
| 11 | 11 MAR 2019 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report provides an overview of the Chilean Sanitary Regulation of Food (RSA by its name in Spanish) currently in force. There are no major updates except for a modification of the maximum level of gluten allowed to label a product as “gluten-free” from 3 to 5 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) of the final product. | Click here |
| 12 | 08 MAR 2019 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report lists and describes certificates and other documents that must accompany food and agricultural imports to Chile as required by Chilean regulations. In 2018, Chile only updated the requirements for the Bovine Semen Health Certificate. | Click here |
| 13 | 22 DEC 2017 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report lists the import certification and other documentation required by the Government of Chile. Post updated Chile’s protocol to export bovine genetics (semen) and the approved list of embryo collection teams under the animal section on page 26 of this report. | Click here |
| 14 | 22 DEC 2017 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report provides an overview of the Chilean Food Law currently in force. There have been no updates to Chilean Import Regulations and Standards since last year’s report was published on December 22, 2016. | Click here |
| 15 | 30 DEC 2016 | Chile | Chile : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report updates import certification requirements that companies need to export their agricultural products to Chile. Since the last FAIRS Export Certificate report was issued by FAS/Santiago in 2015, Chile granted access for U.S. breeding swine. Please refer to the Live Animals section for an update on those certification requirements. | Click here |
| 16 | 22 DEC 2016 | Chile | Chile : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | On June 27, 2016, Chile’s Ministry of Health’s (MOH) new Nutritional Labeling Law came into force. Products that exceed the MOH’s set limits of sugar, salt, saturated fats and calories are required to put a label in the shape of a stop sign on the front of the package and are prohibited from advertising or marketing those products to children under 14 years of age (please refer to Section V, Labeling Requirements for more information). | Click here |
| 17 | 21 DEC 2016 | Chile | Chile : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report updates import certification requirements that companies need to export their agricultural products to Chile. Since the last FAIRs Export Certificate report was issued by FAS/Santiago in 2015, Chile granted access for U.S. breeding swine. Please refer to the Live Animals section for an update on those certification requirements. | Click here |
| 18 | 22 DEC 2015 | Chile | Chile : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | Since the last Export Certificate report was issued by FAS/Santiago in 2014, Chile has granted access for the following products from the United States: live cattle, bovine embryos, and horses returning after temporary stay in the United States, porcine semen and fresh pork meat. Samples of the new certifications can be found in the appendix. | Click here |
| 19 | 09 NOV 2015 | Chile | Chile : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | On June 26, 2015, the Ministry of Health published in the Official Gazette the new regulation for the Nutritional Labeling of Food. The final decree requires, among other things, a label (or labels) on the front of prepackaged food and beverages, in the shape of a stop sign if the item exceeds certain thresholds for saturated fat, calories, sugar, and sodium. One label will be required for each nutrient that exceeds the threshold. Therefore, one product could bear up to four labels covering anywhere from 18 to 42 percent of the package face. | Click here |
| 20 | 26 JUN 2015 | Chile | Chile: Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | The Ministry of Health published on June 26, 2015 the implementing regulation to Law 20606 that regulates the labeling of the nutritional compositions of food products, Decree 13, 2015. The Decree aims at targeting food product that are intended for consumption by children under 14 years of age if they exceed specified limits of sodium, sugar, energy (calories) and saturated fats. | Click here |
| 21 | 15 DEC 2014 | Chile | Chile : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | Since the last Export Certificate report was issued by FAS/Santiago in 2013, a new protocol for equine was added for their temporary entrance into Chile, which was negotiated during 2014. The protocol and sample certificate can be found in the Appendix section of this report. In addition, the Certificate of Legal Origin for Fishery Products and Certificate for Lobsters, which are issued by NOAA can also be found in the appendix. | Click here |
| 22 | 18 NOV 2013 | Chile | Chile Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | Imports and certifications procedures implemented by the Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) of the Ministry of Agriculture obtained ISO 9001 certification in June 2013. Under this new inspection scenario, inspectors have little room for discretionary decisions and full enforcement of the law is required at the ports of entry. | Click here |
| 23 | 12 DEC 2012 | Chile | Chile Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | In July 2012 Chile approved Law 20606 in order to regulate the: “Nutritional Composition of Food and its Advertising”. The Ministry of Health is in the process of drafting the regulations and they will be ready soon for public comments. | Click here |
| 24 | 28 DEC 2011 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | Final letterhead certificate for all fresh/chilled/ frozen bovine meat products including offal was agreed on. Please see the appendix of this report for a sample. The Chileans open the market for U.S. pork casings. | Click here |
| 25 | 22 DEC 2011 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | Chile actively participates in the World Trade Organization and the CODEX Alimentarius Commission. Because Chile is concerned that unscientific technical trade barriers may adversely affect its exports, the government supports the standardization of sanitary and phytosanitary trading regulations | Click here |
| 26 | 15 DEC 2010 | Chile | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | New certification for one-day birds and fertile eggs was negotiated during 2010, see sanitary requirements in Appendix II; new sanitary certification for bovine semen was put out for public comments in the WTO, deadline has finished and we are waiting for the last version, update will be posted in APHIS website when notified; Chile and the United States are negotiating new certificates for frozen/chilled/processed pork and bovine meat, until such process is finish, the declarations given on this report are valid, see Animal product section, page 17 and 18. | Click here |