WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/208 
27 October 2010 
 (10-5624) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Meat by-products 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Proyecto de Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección 
Social "Por la cual se establece el reglamento t écnico sobre los requisitos sanitarios y de 
inocuidad que deben cumplir los derivados cárnicos que se procesen, envasen, almacenen, 
transporten, comercialicen, exp endan, importen o exporten" (Draft Resolution of the 
Ministry of Social Welfare "Establishing the Technical Regulation on the health and safety 
requirements to be met by meat by-products which are processed, packaged, stored, 
transported, marketed, sold, imported or exported") Language:  Spanish  Number of 
pages:  38 
Text available at http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/COL/10_3957_00_s.pdf  
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 and filleting area;  
Processing area;  Storage, chilling and/or freezi ng;  Dispatch area;  Sanitation Standard 
Operating Procedures (SSOPs);  Development,  implementation, maintenance, corrective 
actions and verification of SSOPs;  Hazard An alysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) 
system;  Hazard analysis and HACCP plan;  Corrective actions;  Validation, verification 
and re-evaluation;  Inadequate HACCP syst em;  Training;  Official verification;  
Classification;  Raw materials;  Processing;  Specific requirements;  Marking;  Packing and packaging;  Labelling;  Storage of meat by-products;  Specific requirements for retail outlets;  Transport;  Training;  Sanitary re gister;  Conformity assessment;  Review and 
updating;  Penalty system;  Notification;   Period of validity and derogations. G/SPS/N/COL/208 
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  7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[X] 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:  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  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, notified in 
document G/SPS/N/COL/125/Add.1;  Resolution ( Resolución ) No. 5109 of 
29 December 2005, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/102/Add.1;  and Resolution 
No. 2906 of 22 August 2007, notified in  document G/SPS/N/COL/148 (available in 
Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution was signed 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [X] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification 
and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  14 January 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
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/
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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:  
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co 
 Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(57 1) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: +(57 1) 606-4777  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