. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/157 
23 November 2010 
 (10-6238) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of 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 by-products 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Socia l "Por la cual se establece el reglamento 
técnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios y de  inocuidad que deben cumplir los derivados 
cárnicos que se procesen, envasen, almacenen , transporten, comercialicen, expendan, 
importen o exporten" (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing 
technical regulations on the health and safety requirements to be met by meat by-products 
that are processed, packaged, stored, transpor ted, marketed, sold, imported or exported") 
(38 pages, in  Spanish) 
6. Description of content:   The notified draft Resolution covers the following:  Purpose;  
Scope;  Definitions;  Sanitary standards;  Location and access;  Design and construction;  
Drainage systems;  Ventilation;  Lighting;  Sanitary facilities;  Liquid and solid waste 
management;  Water quality;  Product handler s;  Health status;  Training;  Hygiene 
practices and protective measures;  Reception area;  Cutting, boning or butchering and filleting area;  Preparation and processing area;  Storage, refrigeration and/or freezing;  Dispatch area;  Sanitation Standard Oper ating Procedures, SSOPs;  Development, 
implementation, maintenance, corrective ac tions and verification of SSOPs;  Hazard 
Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) system;  Hazard analysis and HACCP plan;  Corrective actions;  Validation, verification and re-evaluation;  Inadequate HACCP system;  
HACCP training;  Official verification;  Classification;  Raw materials;  Processing;  Specific requirements;  Labelling;  Packing and packaging;  Further labelling requirements;  
Storage of meat by-products;  Specific require ments for retail outlets;  Transport;  Training 
requirements;  Sanitary registration;  Conf ormity assessment;  Review and updating;  
Penalty system;  Notification;  Period of validity and derogations. G/TBT/N/COL/157 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of life and health and prevention of practices likely to mislead consumers. 
8. Relevant documents:   Law ( Ley) No. 09 of 1979, Law No. 1122 of 2007, Decree 
(Decreto ) No. 3075 of 23 December 1997, Decree No. 205 of 2003, Decree No. 1500 of 
4 May 2007, as notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/82/Add.1, Resolution ( Resolución ) 
No. 5109 of 29 December 2005, as notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/69/Add.1, and Resolution No. 2906 of 22 August 2007, as notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/101. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Date on which the Resolution is signed 
Upon publication in the Official Journal 
10. Final date for comments:   14 January 2011 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, 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
 and  
 mailto: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 Website: https://servicios.vuce.gov.co/puntocon/
 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Salud Ambiental Carrera 13 N° 32 - 76 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: +(57-1) 330 5000, Ext. 1266 
Fax: +(57-1) 330 5050 E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co
 
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co/Paginas/default.aspx  
 Document available at:  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/tbt/COL/10_3956_00_s.pdf