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The National Authority for Fisheries and Aquaculture Health and Safety (Sanipes) approved the Manual for Sanitary Inspection of Processing Plants within the Framework of Risk-Based Inspection (RBI), a tool with which it expects to reduce sanitary inspection time by up to 45% and streamline operations in processing plants for hydrobiological products.
The measure is part of the entity's strategy, attached to the Ministry of Production, to modernize sanitary inspection, strengthen food safety, and boost exports of hydrobiological products.
Sanipes Executive President, Mónica Saavedra, highlighted that the manual transforms the traditional inspection model by incorporating predictive and intelligent sanitary surveillance for the more than 400 processing plants authorized in the country.
"It allows us to close safety gaps and raise the standards of the fishing and aquaculture value chain," she affirmed.
She also explained that the reduction of up to 45% in inspection times will decrease waiting times in the processing and storage stages for companies.
"This streamlines the commercial activity of the main hydrobiological products in high demand in national and international markets, such as scallops, trout, squid, and shrimp, among others," she indicated.
Saavedra added that the modernization will be implemented without generating additional costs for the State, as the deployment will be carried out with its own budget and human resources, redistributing working hours from operators located in low-risk areas to critical areas of the fishing and aquaculture value chain.
Sanipes indicated that Risk-Based Inspection will offer three main benefits. The first is that plant operators will know in advance the criteria by which they will be evaluated, strengthening legal certainty for investments.
Secondly, by being based on the history of products and risk factors consolidated by the entity, it will allow inspectors to act preventively before products reach their destination.
Likewise, the use of statistical tools to measure risk variability will contribute to guaranteeing the sanitary equivalence required by authorities in various international markets, protecting the value of hydrobiological exports.
Sanipes indicated that, with the approval and implementation of this manual, it seeks to position itself at the forefront of Latin American sanitary authorities, promoting greater administrative efficiency and the use of scientific criteria to strengthen the sustainable development of the sector.
The manual was approved by Executive Presidency Resolution N.º 066-2026-SANIPES/PE.
As additional information, the entity reported that the gap in fishing and aquaculture infrastructures with adequate sanitary conditions decreased from 70% in 2020 to 82% at the close of 2025, contributing to the protection of public health.
