. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/184 
26 November 2009 
 (09-5956) 
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):  Poultry 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading parters, or 
[ ] 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 reglamen to técnico sobre los requisitos que deben 
cumplir las plantas especiales de beneficio  de aves de corral y se dictan otras 
disposiciones"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of Social Welfare "establishing the 
technical regulations on requirements for poultry slaughter and processing plants and adopting other provisions") Language:  Spanish Number of pages:  32 
6. Description of content:  The notified text sets forth the sanitary requirements for poultry 
slaughter and processing plants.  It covers the following:  Purpose;  scope;  definitions;  
sanitary standards;  location and access;  desi gn and construction;  drainage systems;  
ventilation;  lighting;  sanitary installations ;  liquid and solid waste management;  water 
quality;  product handlers and their state of health;  training;  hygienic practices and 
protective measures;  requirements for slaughter and processing plant installations, equipment and tools;  reception and slaughter ar ea;  reception section;  slaughter section;  
scalding and plucking area;  evisceration, cleaning, chilling and packaging area;  
evisceration, carcass-cleaning section;  chilling an d packaging section;  other installations;  
sanitation standard operating procedures (dev elopment, implementation, maintenance, 
corrective actions, records, verification, an d microbiological verification);  sampling 
requirements;  recording of test results;  sampling plan criteria;  microbiological criteria;  
sampling requirements;  non-fulfilment of mi crobiological criteria;  physico-chemical 
requirements;  "zero tolerance" faecal matte r control in slaughter and processing plant 
operations;  preliminary sanitary inspection carri ed out on the farm;  preliminary ante- and 
post-mortem inspection at the plant;  official inspection of establishments engaged in the slaughter and processing of poultry;  official inspection criteria;  ante-mortem inspection;  ante-mortem inspection at the plant;  condemned/s eized birds;  final results of ante-mortem 
inspection;  post-mortem inspection;  exam inations conducted duri ng post-mortem poultry 
inspection;  post-mortem inspection results and final destination of products;  monitoring 
and control;  review and updating;  safety measures and penalty system;  notification and period of validity. G/SPS/N/COL/184 
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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. 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 No.)  
[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:  Decree 
No. 1500 of 4 May 2007 (notified in G/SPS/N/COL/125/Add.1), Decree No. 2380 of 25 June 2009 and Resolution No. 4287 of 21 November 2007 (notified in 
G/SPS/N/COL/134/Add.1) of the Ministry of Social Welfare. 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Si x 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) :  25 February 2010 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ X] National Notification 
Authority, [ X] National Enquiry Point.  Add ress, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body:  
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 No. 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Enquiry Point
: 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. E-mail: drico@mincomercio.gov.co  or  Puntocontactotc-msf@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.: +(571) 606 7676, Ext. 1690 
Fax: +(571) 241 0480 The text is available online at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2009/sps/COL/09_4150_00_s.pdf