WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/COL/226 
13 September 2011  
 (11-4406) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Agricultura y Desa rrollo Rural, Ministerio de la 
Protección Social  (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Social 
Welfare) 
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):  Animal  feed and food for human consumption 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Prefectures of Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki, 
Tochigi, Miyagi, Yamagata, Niigata, Na gano, Yamanashi, Saitama, Tokyo and 
Chiba (Japan)  
5. Title of the notified document:  Resolución N° 3421 del 16 de agosto de 2011 del 
Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rura l y del Ministerio de la Protección Social 
"Por la cual se establece el reglamento t écnico sobre las condiciones especiales para la 
importación de piensos y alimentos para c onsumo humano originarios o procedentes de 
algunas prefecturas de Japón por el riesgo que representa el accidente en la Central 
Nuclear de Fukushima"  (Resolution No. 3421 of 16 August 2011 of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Rural Development and the Mi nistry of Social Welfare "Establishing the 
technical regulation on the special conditions go verning the importation into Colombia of 
animal feed and food for human consumption originating in or consigned from certain 
Japanese prefectures in view of the risks aris ing from the accident at the Fukushima nuclear 
power station")  Language(s):  Spanish  Number of pages:  4 
Text available online at: 
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2011/sps/COL/11_2946_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The notified Resolution covers the following:   Purpose;  Scope; 
Maximum levels of radioactive contamina tion;  Pre-import requirements;  Advance 
notification;  Inspection, monitoring and c ontrol;  Notification;  Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety , [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  G/SPS/N/COL/226 
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  8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations  (FAO), the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have stated that certain foods 
harvested in Fukushima prefecture (Japan) and the surrounding areas are contaminated with 
radioactive material. 
9. Is there a relevant international standa rd?  If so, identify the standard: 
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Codex STAN 193-1995:  Code x General Standard for 
Contaminants and Toxins in Foods 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] 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:  
10. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   FDA Food 
No. 1001300991 (available in English). 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  As from 
22 August 2011, the date of publication in O fficial Journal No. 48.169, for a period of 
twelve (12) months until 22 August 2012. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. 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:  
National Enquiry Point 
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 Fax: +(57-1) 606-4777 
or 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 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/   G/SPS/N/COL/226 
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  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 Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 N° 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
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  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co