This Ministerial Decree designates the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service as the centralized federal institution authorized to carry out sanitary and epidemiological supervision on national territory. The main responsibilities of the Service shall be the prevention of negative environmental impacts and the hygienic education of the population through: (a) sanitary and epidemiological testing and toxicological and hygienic assessments; (b) disinfection and rodent eradication; and (c) insp