WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/GTM/78 
1 May 2012 
 (12-2293) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   GUATEMALA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Economía , MINECO (Ministry of the Economy) 
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:  
Dirección de Política Comercial Externa  (Directorate of Foreign Trade Policy) 
Oficina de Integración Económica  (Economic Integration Office) 
8ª. Av. 10-43, Zona 1, 4º. Nivel Guatemala Telefax: (+502) 2412-0200, ext. 4310 E-mail: rclaveria@mineco.gob.gt  
Website: http://www.mineco.gob.gt  
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 (RTCA) 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, extr usion, 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, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of animal health G/TBT/N/GTM/78 
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  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 Contro l Officials (AAFCO).  Feed Inspector's 
Manual.  Second Edition, United States of America. 2000. 
4. Association of American Feed Control O fficials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America. 2000. 
5. Association of American Feed Control O fficials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America. 2002. 
6. Association of American Feed Control O fficials (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).  Code of Federal Regulations.  
Title 21: Food and Drugs, Subchapter C:  Drugs:  General, 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 alimen ticias:  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 alim entos 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 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.   G/TBT/N/GTM/78 
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 15. Nájera, Mauricio.  Propuesta de Guía de Buenas Prácticas 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. 
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 Eur opean 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 in stalaciones, equipo y operación de 
establecimientos que fabriquen productos alim enticios para uso en animales o consumo 
por éstos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-025-Z OO-1995, Animal health characteristics 
and specifications for the facilities, equipm ent 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 habilit ación y el registro en el SENASA de las 
personas físicas o jurídicas y/o establecimientos que elaboren, fraccionen, depositen, 
distribuyan, importen o exporten producto s 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 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. G/TBT/N/GTM/78 
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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 Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación Dirección de Sanidad Animal 7ª. Av. 12-90, Zona 13 
Tel.: (+502) 2413-7000 
E-mail: vvandenverg@maga.gob.gt  
Website: http://www.maga.gob.gt  
 
Ministerio de Economía Dirección de Política Comercial Externa 
Oficina de Integración Económica 
8ª. Av. 10-43, Zona 1, 4º Nivel Guatemala Telefax: (+502) 2412-0200, ext. 4310 E-mail: rclaveria@mineco.gob.gt  
Website:  http://www.mineco.gob.gt