Resumen

IBARZ, María Teresa et al. Evolución Histórica y Logros de la Gerencia Sectorial de Registro y Control del Instituto Nacional de Higiene “Rafael Rangel”. INHRR [online]. 2008, vol.39, n.1, pp.17-36. ISSN 0798-0477.

To outline the history of the Management of Control and Registry is to talk about the evolution of registration and  control of products for use and human consumption in the country, and to remember mainly, the activities of the  control´s Division and its attached units, dedicated to assessing the quality of medicines, foods and cosmetics that are marketed in the country. To carry out this activity, the Division of Control had differents departments: chemistry, microbiology and pharmacology, which were subsequently specializing in type of products, to give rise to the Food Control Division, Drugs and Cosmetic Control Division and National Biological Products Control Division, attached to the Management of Control and Registrar´s Office since 1993. Today, this management is a fundamental part of the National System of health monitoring and carry out more than 80,000 analysis annually, to ensure product quality of use and human consumption that are marketed in the country. In addition, is being carried out, a process of automation and simplifying processes in order to optimize the service, with forefront technology.

Palabras clave : Nacional Hygiene Institute-Venezuela- Ma -nagement and Control Registry´s Gerency; Drugs and Cosmetics-Control; Foods Control; Biological Products- Control.