WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/NIC/117 
13 February 2012 
 (12-0835) 
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:   NICARAGUA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of 
Development, Industry and Trade) 
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 Agropecuario y Forestal, MAGFOR (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and 
Forestry) Km 3 1/2 carretera a Masaya Managua Nicaragua 
Fax: (+505) 278-5042 or 270-9972 
E-mail: dgpsa@dgpsa.gob.ni  
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):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.120 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.05.63:11, 
Productos Utilizados en Alimentación Animal .  Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura 
(Central American Technical Regulation (RTC A) No. 65.05.63.11:  Products used in 
animal feed.  Good manufacturing practices) (27 pages, in Spanish). 
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 with in the purview of this Regulation. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of animal health. G/TBT/N/NIC/117 
Page 2  
 
  8. Relevant documents:  
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 Requirements (Food Hygiene).  Supplement to 
Volume 1B.  Rome, Italy. 1998. 
8. Codex Alimentarius.  Code of Practi ce 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/calid ad-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. 
14. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock).  Ley 
para el Control de la Elaboración y Expendi o 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 Prác ticas 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 Costa Rican animal feed industry).  Tesis 
de graduación para optar por el  grado académico 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.  G/TBT/N/NIC/117 
 Page 3 
 
 
   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 Ence phalopathy 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 Eu ropean 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, Fisher ies and Food - Animal Health).  Resolución 
341/2003:  Establécese como obligatoria la hab ilitación y el registro en  el SENASA de las 
personas físicas o jurídicas y/o establecimientos que elaboren, fraccionen, depositen, 
distribuyan, importen o exporten productos des tinados a la alimentación animal (Resolution 
No. 341/2003 establishing the mandatory author ization and registration by the National 
Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Serv ice (SENASA) of natural or legal persons 
and/or establishments engaged in the preparation, subdivision, storage, distribution, 
importation or exportation of animal feed products).  Buenos Aires, Argentina. 
24 July 2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force: } To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification 
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: 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio 
Centro de Información sobre Obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio 
Tel.: (+505) 2248-9300, Ext. 2230 or 2276 Fax: (+505) 2248-9300, Ext. 2228 E-mail: nsolano@mific.gob.ni ;  imartinez@mific.gob.ni