Presidential Decree No. 142/26 approving the Statute of the National Authority for Economic Inspection and Food Safety (ANIESA), extinguishing the Municipal Departments of Inspection, Oversight, and Food Safety as part of the organizational structure of municipal administrations, as well as the National Institute for Consumer Protection (INADEC).

This Presidential Decree aims to reform and modernise Angola’s system of economic inspection by establishing the National Authority for Economic Inspection and Food Safety (ANIESA) as the single national institution responsible for economic inspection, supervision and enforcement. The decree responds to the inefficiencies created by overlapping mandates among several inspection and consumer protection bodies and seeks to centralise authority, streamline administrative procedures, strengthen regulatory oversight, and improve the effectiveness of public control over economic activities. To achieve this objective, the decree dissolves municipal inspection entities and the National Consumer Protection Institute (INADEC), transferring their personnel, assets and responsibilities to ANIESA while ensuring continuity of public services and the preservation of acquired rights. The decree further defines ANIESA’s institutional structure, functions and powers in the areas of economic inspection, food safety and consumer protection. Its objectives include ensuring compliance with commercial and economic legislation, safeguarding food quality and food safety throughout production and marketing chains, assessing and monitoring food-related risks, combating fraud, and protecting consumers through education, complaint mechanisms and dispute-resolution services. The new authority is also tasked with strengthening risk-based inspections, digitalising inspection processes, improving product traceability, and coordinating inspection activities across sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, industry, tourism, health, transport and environmental services.