G/SPS/N/COL/262  
 
27 May 2016  
(16-2887)  Page: 1/3  
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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Meat of sheep or goats (HS tariff heading 0204 and 
subheadings 0206.80.00.00 and 0206.90.00.00) 
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 del Ministerio de Salud y 
Protección Social "Por la cual se expide el reglamento técnico que establece los 
requisitos sanitarios para el funcionamiento de las plantas de beneficio animal de las 
especies ovina y caprina, plantas de desposte y almacenamiento, comercialización, expendio, transporte, importación o exportación de carne y productos cárnicos 
comestibles" (Draft Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Resolution "Issuing the 
Technical Regulation laying down the health requirements governing the operation of plants engaged in the slaughter of animals of ovine and caprine species and the cutting, 
storage, marketing, sale, transport, importat ion and exportation of the meat and edible 
meat products thereof")  
Language(s): Spanish   Number of pages: 68  
Text available at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/COL/16_2083_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content: The notified draft Resolution sets forth the health 
requirements to be met by establishments en gaged in the slaughter of animals of ovine 
and caprine species and the cutting, storage, marketing, sale, transport, importation and exportation of the meat and edible meat products thereof. It covers the following: 
Purpose; Scope; Definitions; Sanitary standards; Sanitation standard operating 
procedures (SSOPs); Ante- and post-mortem inspection; Hazard analysis and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan; Storage of meat and edible meat 
products; Inspection, monitoring, control and penalties; Notification; and Period of 
validity and derogations.  
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pe st or disease, [ ] protect territory 
from other damage from pests.   G/SPS/N/COL/262 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard? 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. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[X] None  
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 thes e are available: Law 
(Ley) No. 9 of 1979 and the following Ministry of Health and Social Welfare decrees: 
Decree ( Decreto ) No. 1594 of 26 June 1984; Decree No. 2350 of 26 July 2004; 
Decree No. 1500 of 4 May 2007, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/82/Add.1; 
Decree No. 2270 of 2 November 2012, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/82/Add.6; 
and Decree No. 351 of 19 February 2014 (available in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : Date on which the Resolution 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) : Three and a half years after publication in the Official Journal 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments: [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 26 August 2016 
Agency or authority designated to hand le comments: [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C. Colombia Tel.:  (+57) 1 606-4775 
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social 
Subdirección de Salud Nutricional, Alimentos y Bebidas Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.:  (+57) 1 330-5000, Ext. 1251 E-mail:  bolarte@minsalud.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minprotecci onsocial.gov.co/  G/SPS/N/COL/262 
 
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso  Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.:  (+57) 1 606-4775 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person: Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Tel.:  (+57) 1 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
E-mail: drico@mincit.gov.co   puntocontacto@mincit.gov.co Website: http://www.mincit.gov.co