. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/126 
3 January 2007 
 
 (07-0022) 
Committee on Sanitary and  
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English/ 
 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):  Whey powder.  
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 establece el reglamento técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios que deben cumplir los lactosueros en polvo como materia prima de 
alimentos para consumo humano y se  dictan otras disposiciones"  (Draft Resolution of the 
Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing technical regulations on sanitary requirements to 
be met by whey powder as a raw material fo r food for human consumption, and issuing 
other provisions") (in Spanish, 8 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Resolution sets out the sanitary requirements to be met by 
whey powder as a raw material for food for human  consumption, and covers the following:  
Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Sanitary re quirements for establishments processing whey 
powder;  General requirements for whey powder;  Maximum limits of heavy metals in whey 
powder;  Physical, chemical and microbiolgical  requirements for whey powder;  Additives 
permitted in whey powder;  Packaging and labelling;  Sanitary requirements for the 
importation of whey powder;  Inspection, surv eillance, control, safety measures, penalties 
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 
other damage from pests        
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:        G/SPS/N/COL/126 
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9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree No. 3075 of 
1997, Decree No. 616 of 28 February 2006 a nd Resolution No. 5106 of 29 December 2005 
of the Ministry of Social Welfare.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of signing of the Resolution.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months after publication in the Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal).  
12. Final date for comments:  21 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.  
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co Tel.:  (571) 6067676 Ext.1690 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co