. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/127 
8 January 2007 
 
 (07-0065) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of 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):  Meat and meat products of the bovine and bubaline species.  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Colombia's trading partners  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución 
del Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por la  cual se establecen los requisitos para la 
inspección, vigilancia y control oficial, de  los establecimientos dedicados al beneficio, 
desposte, almacenamiento, expendio y el tr ansporte de carne y productos cárnicos 
comestibles de las especies bovina y bufalina"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social 
Welfare "establishing requirements for the insp ection, surveillance and official control of 
establishments involved in the reception, cutting,  storage, marketing and transport of meat 
and edible meat products of the bovine a nd bubaline species") (In Spanish, 56 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Resolution establishes the sanitary requirements to be met by 
establishments involved in the reception, cutting,  storage, marketing and transport of meat 
and edible meat products from the bovine and bubaline species destined for human consumption.  It covers the following:  Pur pose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Sanitary operation 
standards;  Specific requirements for reception and cutting plants;  Operating requirements 
for reception and cutting of bovine and bubalin e animals;  Safety assurance systems;  
Sanitation standard operating proce dures;  Hazard analysis and critical control point system;  
Zero tolerance;  Pathogen controls;  Chemical  waste and pollutant controls;  Ante- and post-
mortem inspection requirements;  Requirements for the transport of meat and edible meat 
products;  Storage and marketing requirements;  Transition period and period of application.
7. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [    ] animal health,  [    ] plant protection, 
[ X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [    ] protect territory from 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree No. 4126 of 
2005 and Resolution No. 1164 of 2002 of the Ministry of Health (In Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of signing of the Resolution.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  From the date of publication in the Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal).  
12. Final date for comments:  22 March 2007  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [    ] National notification 
authority, [    ] National enquiry point, or add ress, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:        
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso 
Tel.:  (571) 2410478 Fax:  (571) 2410480  or 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social (Ministry of Social Welfare) Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 
Tel.:  PBX: 330 5000 Extensions 1440 to 1445 
Fax:  (571) 3305050 Web site:  www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
13. Texts available from:  [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:        
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism) 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N°.13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia  Enquiry Point:
 
Contact Person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Email:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.:  (571) 6067676 Ext.1690 
Fax:  (571) 2410480 Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co