Overview
- Senasa published Resolutions 592/2026 and 593/2026 on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, that remove the long-standing requirement for each frigorífico to appoint a 'Director Técnico' and rewrite the export-habilitation process for animal products.
- Resolution 592/2026 repeals specific items in the 1968 Inspection Regulation, including numerals 1.7 and 9.2, which contained the Director Técnico obligation.
- Under the new export rules in Resolution 593/2026, authorizations will no longer carry fixed expiry dates and will remain valid as long as the conditions that justified their grant are preserved, and listed plants that meet requirements need not reapply.
- Senasa kept enforcement tools: the agency can immediately suspend an export habilitation for market-specific noncompliance and remove a plant from export lists if problems persist for 60 days after notification.
- Officials say the changes, grounded in Law No. 27.233 and prompted by industry complaints via the 'Reportá la Burocracia' platform, should lower operating costs and speed exports, though buyers' sanitary demands and possible delistings will continue to influence plants and jobs.