From August 14th to 24th digital applications will not be received for the Registering of Pre-packaged Foods nor for update procedures and annexes to labels, due to system maintenance.
From a statement issued by the Panamanian Food Safety Authority (AUPSA):
Panama City / The Panamanian Authority for Food Safety (AUPSA), informs its users that for eight days the receipt of digital applications for Registration of Pre-packaged Foods and procedures for updating / attaching labels, will be suspended.
The Mayoral office of Panama announced that this month it will begin the first phase of digitizating processes for admissions, reviews, registrations and approvals of plans of works to be developed in the district capital.
The first phase involves testing the installed technology systems, begining with the entry into the system of three urban development projects that will serve to verify the operation of the platform, then a report will be made and if necessary, adjustments will be made. It is expected that in a year the process for approving plans will be completely systematized in order to reduce the time for gaining authorization from 8 months to 45 days.
An announcement has been made that from March food businesses will be able to register with the Ministry of Health online, and from 2016 they will be able to digitally register products.
From a statement issued by the Salvadoran Association of Industries (ASI):
The Salvadoran Industry Association, ASI, held an informative conference on changes in the procedures for registration of food, in order to inform entrepreneurs about the improvements that the Department of Environmental Health, Ministry of Health has made in the procedure for registering both locally produced and imported food.
An announcement has been made that as of October 24th all registration formalities in the registry may be made electronically through a new platform.
From a statement issued by the Public Registry of Panama:
In order to optimize the services offered to users and the general public, the Public Registry of Panama, within the framework of modernization, will run the Registry Electronic Registration System (CRS), a new technology platform that will provide greater legal certainty over private property and other rights on goods which are registered with the entity.