8495 of April 6, 2006, the Law of the National Animal Health Service (SENASA), establishes that its competence is ".To administer, plan, direct, and take the pertinent veterinary or sanitary measures for the control of the safety and innocuity of products and by-products of animal origin, in the stages of capture, production, industrialization, and commercialization, considering food additives, residues of veterinary drugs, pesticides, and other chemical, biological, or biotechnological contaminants." It is necessary to prepare this Technical Regulation to guarantee the innocuity of canned fishery products.
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