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G/SPS/N/GTM/55 
6 February 2012 
 (12-0694) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  GUATEMALA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación  (Ministry of 
Agriculture, Livestock and Food) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  International Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.120 
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:  RTCA 65.05.63:11, Productos U tilizados en Alimentación 
Animal.  Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 65.05.63.11:  Products used in animal feed.  Good manufacturing practices) Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  27 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the general 
provisions concerning the manufacturing and hygiene practices for products used in animal feed with a view to ensuring its safety and qua lity.  The Regulation applies to the animal 
feed industry and covers the marketing, recep tion and handling of raw materials and other 
ingredients, processing (grinding, incorporation,  mixing, pelleting, extrusion, blanching or 
flushing, packaging) and the handling, storage, labelling and distribution of finished 
products.  Plants engaged in the processing of  animal by-products not intended for human 
consumption (rendering) do not fall within  the purview of this Regulation.  
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  G/SPS/N/GTM/55 
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  [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 these are available: 
1. American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).  Tecnología para la Fabricación de 
Alimentos Balanceados  (Feed Manufacturing Technology).  First Spanish Edition.  
United States of America.  1994. 
2. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Guidance/Framework for 
Best Management Practices for Manufacturing,  Packaging and Distributing Animal Feeds 
and Feed Ingredients.  United States of America.  January 2002. 
3. Association of American Feed Control Offi cials (AAFCO).  Feed Inspector's Manual.  
Second Edition, United States of America.  2000. 
4. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America.  2000. 
5. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America.  2002. 
6. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America.  2003. 
7. Codex Alimentarius.  General Require ments (Food Hygiene).  Supplement to 
Volume 1B.  Rome, Italy.  1998. 
8. Codex Alimentarius.  Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding.  
CAC/RCP 54-2004. 
9. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  C ode of Federal Regulations.  Title 21:  
Food and Drugs, Subchapter C:  Drugs:  Gene ral, Part 225:  Current Good Manufacturing 
Practice for Medicated Feeds.  Available at 
http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/documents/c fr/title21/part225.htm l.  August 2005. 
10. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) .  Animal Production and Health.  Good 
Practices for the Feed Industry.  2010. 
11. Ferreyra, Verónica.  Calidad en las industrias alimentic ias:  Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura (Quality in the food industries:  Good manufacturing practices).  Available at 
http://www.mundohelado.com/calidad/calidad-01.htm .  8 February 2003. 
12. Gurdián, Byron, and Sibaja, Guillermo.  Manual para el control de plagas en plantas 
procesadoras de alimento s para el consumo humano  (Manual on pest control in plants 
processing food for human consumption).  Departamento de Servicios Zoosanitarios 
Internacionales , Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Department of International 
Animal Health Services, Ministry of Agri culture and Livestock).  Costa Rica.  2003. 
13. Hartog, Johan den.  Feed for Food:  HA CCP in the animal feed industry.  Product 
Board Animal Feed.  ELSEVIER, Food Control 14.  2003.  G/SPS/N/GTM/55 
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   14. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock).  
Ley para el Control de la Elaboración y Expe ndio de Alimentos para Animales, Nº 6883 de 
27 de septiembre 1983 (Law No. 6883 of 27 September 1983 for the control of the 
preparation and sale of animal feed).  Costa Rica. 
15. Nájera, Mauricio.  Propuesta de Guía de Buenas Pr ácticas de Manufactura que debe 
verificar el departamento RCCAA-MAG en la industria de alimentos para animales en 
Costa Rica  (Proposed Guide on Good Manufacturing Practice verification by the 
Department for the Registration and Quality Control of Animal Feed of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock ( RCCAA-MAG) in the Co sta Rican animal feed industry).  
Tesis de graduación para optar por el grado acad émico de Licenciatura en Administración 
de Empresas Agropecuarias (Graduation thesis for academic degree in agricultural 
enterprise management).  Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED).  San José, Costa Rica. 
2006. 
16. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.  Regional Office for 
Latin America and the Caribbean.  Manual para prevenir la transmisión de la 
Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina a través de los Piensos  (Manual on prevention of the 
transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encepha lopathy through animal feed).  2004. 
17. Product Board Animal Feed.  General GM P standard for the animal feed sector 
(GMP01;  16-02-2005).  Netherlands. 
18. Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
12 January 2005. 
19. Reglamento para el Control de la El aboración y Expendio de Alimentos para 
Animales, Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 16899 - MAG de 10 de abril de 1986 (Regulation 
No. 16899 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of 10 April 1986 for the 
control of the preparation and sale of animal feed).  
20. Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos  (Department of Agriculture and 
Water Resources).  Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-025-ZOO-1995, Características y 
especificaciones zoosanitarias para las instalaciones, equipo y operación de 
establecimientos que fabriquen productos alim enticios para uso en animales o consumo 
por éstos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-025- ZOO-1995, Animal health characteristics 
and specifications for the facilities, equipment and operations of establishments that manufacture food products for animal use or consumption).  Diario Oficial de la 
Federación  (Official Journal).  Available at  http://www.gobernacion.gob.mx/dof/pop.php, 
Mexico.  Published 16 October 1995. 
21. Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería,  Pesca y Alimentos - Sanidad Animal  
(Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock,  Fisheries and Food - Animal Health) .  Resolución 
341/2003:  Establécese como obligatoria la habilitación y el registro en el SENASA de las 
personas físicas o jurídicas y/o establecimientos que elaboren, fraccionen, depositen, distribuyan, importen o ex porten productos destinados a la alimentación animal  
(Resolution No. 341/2003 establishing the mandatory authorization and registration by the National Agriculture and Food Health and Qua lity Service (SENASA) of natural or legal 
persons and/or establishments engaged in the pr eparation, subdivision, storage, distribution, 
importation or exportation of animal feed products).  Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
24 July 2003.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  G/SPS/N/GTM/55 
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  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  5 April 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
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 Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación 
Dirección de Sanidad Vegetal 7ª. Av. 12-90, Zona 13 
Guatemala 
Tel.: (+502) 2413-7000 E-mail: vvandenberg@maga.gob.gt Website: http://www.maga.gob.gt  
 
Ministerio de Economía 
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