. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/COL/176 
29 June 2012 
 (12-3489) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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 and e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Meat and edible meat 
products of animals of the bovine , bubaline and porcine species 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social "Por la cual se establecen los 
requisitos sanitarios para el funcionamiento de las plantas de beneficio animal de las 
especies bovina, bufalina y porcina, plan tas de desposte y almacenamiento, 
comercialización, expendio, transporte, importación o expor tación de carne y productos 
cárnicos comestible" (Draft Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Resolution 
"Establishing sanitary requirements governi ng the operation of plants engaged in the 
slaughter of animals of the bovine, bubaline and porcine species and the cutting, storage, 
marketing, sale, transport, importation and exportation of the meat and edible meat 
products thereof") (104 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary 
requirements to be met by establishments engage d in the slaughter of animals of the bovine, 
bubaline and porcine species and the cutting, storage, marketing, sale, importation, 
exportation and transport of the meat and edible  meat products thereof that are intended for 
human consumption.  It covers the following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Sanitary 
standards;  Sanitation standard operating pr ocedures (SSOPs);  Ante- and post-mortem 
inspection;  Hazard Analysis and Critical C ontrol Point (HACCP) system;  Plants engaged 
in the slaughter of swine for national consump tion;  Plants engaged in the slaughter of 
animals for local consumption;  Storage, sale and transport;  Inspection, monitoring and control;  Safety measures and penalties;  Notification;  and Period of validity.  G/TBT/N/COL/176 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of human life and health and the e nvironment and prevention of practices liable 
to mislead consumers 
8. Relevant documents:   Decree ( Decreto ) No. 1594 of 26 June 1984 of the Ministry of 
Agriculture;  Decree No. 2350 of 26 July 2004;  Decree No. 4126 of 16 November 2005;  
Decree No. 1500 of 4 May 2007, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/82/Add.1 of the 
Ministry of Social Welfare;  Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 1164 of 6 September 2002 of the 
Ministry of the Environment;  Resolution No. 2346 of 11 July 2007;  Resolution No. 2905 of 22 August 2007, notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/84/Add.1;  and Resolution No. 4282 of 21 November 2007, notified in  document G/TBT/N/COL/92/Add.1 of the 
Ministry of Social Welfare.  
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   24 September 2012 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and e-mail and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
Enquiry Point: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: (+57-1) 606-4777 E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
 
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 
Dirección de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+57-1) 330-5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: (+57-1) 330-5050, Ext. 1280 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
 
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