. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/131 
22 February 2007 
 (07-0736) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved: 
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de la Protección Social  (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):  Vinegar for human consumption.  
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 debe cumplir el vinagre para consumo humano" (Draft 
Ministry of Social Welfare Resolution "Estab lishing technical regulations on the sanitary 
requirements for vinegar for human consumption") (9 pages, in Spanish).  
6. Description of content:   Sanitary requirements for estab lishments that process, package, 
transport, sell, import, export a nd market vinegar for human cons umption:  Purpose;  Scope;  
Basic hygiene requirements;  Names;  Perm itted/prohibited practices;  Raw materials and 
ingredients;  General conditions applicable to  vinegar;  Additives;  Physico-chemical 
conditions;  Vinegars not suitable for human  consumption;  Packaging and labelling; 
Inspection, surveillance, control, safety measures and penalties.  
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:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree No. 3075 of 
1997 (available in Spanish).  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date on which the Resolution is signed.  G/SPS/N/COL/131 
Page 2  
 
  11. Proposed date of entry into force:  Six (6) months following the date of publication in the 
Official Journal.  
12. Final date for comments:  22 May 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 Dirección General de Salud Pública 
Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 Bogotá, D. C. Colombia Tel.: PBX: 330 5000, ext. 1440 to 1445 
Fax: (571) 3305050 
Web site: www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co  
13. Texts available from:  [    ] National notification authority, [    ] National enquiry point, 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:        
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C. 
Colombia 
 Enquiry Point:
 
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail:  drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: (571) 6067676, ext. 1690 
Fax: (571) 2410480 Web site: http://www.mincomercio.gov.co