G/SPS/N/COL/321  
20 November  2020 
(20-8332) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
Social Welfare)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Food and beverages for human consumption  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : Proyecto de resolución "Por la cual se establecen los 
criterio microbiológicos que deben cumplir los alimentos y bebidas para consumo 
humano"  (Draft Resolution establishing the microbiological criteria to be met by food and 
beverages for human consumption) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 29 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/COL/20_6968_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Resolution updates and establishes the limits 
for the microbiological criteria to be met by food and beverages for human consumption 
in order to ensure microbiological acceptability, which will be verified by the health 
authorities through inspection, monitoring and control activities, with the aim of 
protecting consumer health.  
To update these standards, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare took into account 
the international recommendations of the Codex Alimentarius and the International 
Commission on Microbiological Specification for Foods (ICMSF), in which the type of 
sample and the sampling plan's 'n' and 'c' values are determined  according to the degree 
of risk and the conditions of use of the food.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant protection , 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage fro m pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  G/SPS/N/COL/321  
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  Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− Decreto 616 de 2006 ; 
− Decreto 1500 de 2007 ; 
− Decreto 2270 de 2012 ; 
− Decreto 1975 de 2019 ; 
− Decreto  1686 de 2012 ; 
− Resolución 2195 de 2010 ; 
− Capítulo 2 Título 8 del Decreto 780 de 2016 Único Reglamentario del Sector Salud 
y Protección Social ; 
− Decreto 2078 de 2012 ; 
− Resolución 1619 de 2015 . 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date on which the Resolu tion is signed  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : Date of publication in the Official Journal  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : The Resolution will enter into force 12 months from the date of publication 
in the Official Journal . 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 January 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle commen ts: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and 
Tourism)  
Dirección de Regulación  (Regulation Department)  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1566  
Email: puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
amejiam@mincit.gov.co  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo  
Dirección de Regulación  
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C . Colombia  
Tel.: (+571) 606 7676, Ext. 1566  
Email: puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co  
amejiam@mincit.gov.co