Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk explained

Parent Agency:Secretariat of Health
Formed:July 5, 2001
Chief1 Name:Alejandro Ernesto Svarch Pérez
Jurisdiction:Federal government of Mexico

The Federal Commission for Protection against Health Risks (in Spanish, Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios, Cofepris) is a regulatory body of the Mexican government. It is a decentralized organ of (and supervised by) the Mexican Secretariat of Health, and is responsible for regulating a variety of health related topics in Mexico, including food safety, pharmaceutical drugs, medical devices, organ transplants, and environmental protection.[1] thumb|right|COFEPRIS headquarters in Mexico City

References

  1. Web site: COFEPRIS's official website in English . 2013-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180204065745/http://www.cofepris.gob.mx/Paginas/Idiomas/Ingles.aspx . 2018-02-04 . dead .

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