G/TBT/N/COL/246/Rev.1  
28 September  2022 
(22-7277) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and Social Welfare)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding th e notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Punto de Contacto OTC/MSF  (TBT/SPS Enquiry Point)  
Servicio Nacional de Información de Colombia  (Colombian National Enquiry Point)  
puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co ; mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 Piso 3  
(+571) 6067676, Ext. 1566  
Bogotá, Colombia  
www.mincit.gov.co  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
headi ng. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : All 
domestic and imported packaged or wrapped food for human consumption marketed in 
national territory  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
resolución "Por la cual se modifican los artículos 2, 3, 16, 25, 32, 37 y 40 de la Resolución 
810 de 2021 y se dictan otras disposiciones", dicha resolución está relacionada con el 
reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos de etiquetado nutricional y frontal  que deben 
cumplir los alimentos envasados o empacados para consumo humano. " (Draft Resolution 
amending Articles 2, 3, 16, 25, 32, 37 and 40 of Resolution No. 810 of 2021 and issuing 
other provisions . This Resolution relates to the Technical Regulation on the nutrition and 
front-of-pack labelling requirements for packaged or wrapped food for human 
consumption) (50 page(s), in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution amends Articles 2, 3, 16, 25, 32, 
37 and 40 of Resolution No. 810 of 2021 establishing the Technical Regulation on the 
nutrition and front -of-pack labelling requirements for packaged or wrapped food for 
human consumption.  G/TBT/N/COL/246/Rev.1  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. Resolution No. 5109 of 2005  
2. Resolution No. 3803 of 2016  
3. Resolution No. 684 of 2012  
4. Resoluti on No. 810 of 2022  
9. Proposed date of adoption : Date of publication in the Official Journal  
Proposed date of entry into force : Pursuant to Article 10.12 of Andean Decision No. 
827 of 2018, the provisions established in Resolution No. 810 of 2021 shall enter into 
force six months after the date of publication of this amendment in the Official Journal, 
during which time producers, importers and marketers of packaged foods for huma n 
consumption and other sectors required to comply with such provisions, shall adapt their 
processes and/or products to the conditions established herein . Six months after the date 
of publication of this amendment, Article 3 of Resolution No. 4135 of 1976,  Resolution 
No. 333 of 2011, and Article 5.2 and Article 6 of Resolution No. 2508 of 2012 shall be 
repealed.  
10 . Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11 . Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Trade , Industry and Tourism)  
Margarita María González Senra  
Calle 28 # 13 A 15 Pi so 3 
Bogotá, D.C.  
(+571) 6067676, Ext. 1566 ; (+571) 6067676, Ext. 1566  
puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
mgonzalezs@mincit.gov.co  
https://www.mincit.gov.co/  
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