Law No. 5.027 establishing Sanitary Code.

This Law establishes Sanitary Code in order to regulate environmental sector and food quality standards. It consists of 101 articles regulating all matters related to the protection of human health, controls to be carried out on land use plannings (urban and agricultural lands), water and soil pollution control, food quality in order to avoid food contamination, etc. It also establishes controls to be carried out on water quality standards, water discharge and solid residues disposal, veterinary procedures for detecting animal diseases, etc. The activities necessary for community health protection will basically comprise: a) control of water; b) control of the waste disposal system; c) trash control; d) other problems related to environmental sanitation; e) hygiene of housing and public places; f) fighting against insects, rodents and other related animals; g) prevention of preventable diseases and other health problems; h) hygiene in work place. The competent body will elaborate Special Technical Norms on the protection of community health.