38. The Committee noted that various delegations had provided information on their national food control systems, food legislation and cooperation activities in the meeting documents. The Delegation of Argentina stated that the document it had presented only referred to the activities of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food while that of the Ministry of Health would be sent as soon as possible.
39. The Delegation of Brazil indicated that its document contained information on the bodies responsible for food control in the country, which were: Ministry of Agriculture and Food Supply, through the Secretariat of Agricultural Protection, and the Ministry of Health, through the National Agency of Sanitary Surveillance. The document also mentioned the web pages providing information on the structure and responsibilities of these bodies and on food legislation in Brazil. No further information was submitted for the consideration of the Committee by the delegations present at the meeting.
