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COFEPRIS Compliance in Mexico: Health Licenses and Operating Requirements
COFEPRIS — the Federal Commission for Protection against Sanitary Risks — regulates every business in Mexico that handles food, beverages, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, supplements, tobacco, pesticides or health services. Its jurisdiction is broad, its enforcement is aggressive and its consequences for non-compliance are immediate: COFEPRIS can shut down your operation the same day an…
Read MoreHazardous Waste Management in Mexico: NOM-052 and SEMARNAT Compliance
Any industrial operation in Mexico that generates hazardous waste — and most manufacturing, chemical, pharmaceutical, automotive, and electronics operations do — must comply with NOM-052-SEMARNAT-2005. This standard defines what constitutes hazardous waste, how it must be classified, stored, transported, and disposed of. PROFEPA enforces compliance aggressively, and violations can result in facility shutdown, fines, and…
Read MoreEHS vs Manual Document Management: The Real Cost of Spreadsheets
Most companies in Mexico still manage permits with Excel, shared folders, email threads and the person who knows. It’s not that they haven’t considered something better. It’s that the manual process works well enough — until it doesn’t. And when it fails, it fails at the worst possible moment: during an inspection, during an audit,…
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