WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/COL/238 
28 June 2012 
 (12-3426) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  COLOMBIA 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social  (Ministry of Health and 
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 and edible meat products of poultry 
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 Salud y 
Protección Social "Por la cual se establecen los requisitos sanitarios para el 
funcionamiento de las plantas de beneficio de aves de corral, desprese y almacenamiento, 
comercialización, expendio, transporte, importación o expor tación de carne y productos 
cárnicos comestibles" (Draft Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Resolution 
"Establishing the sanitary requirements for the operation of plants enga ged in the slaughter 
of poultry and the cutting, storage, marketing,  sale, transport, importation and exportation 
of the meat and edible meat products thereof"). Language(s):  Spanish Number of pages:  45 
Text available at: http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2012/sps/COL/12_2464_00_s.pdf
6. Description of content:  The notified draft Resolution establishes the sanitary 
requirements to be met by establishments e ngaged in the slaughter of poultry and the 
cutting, storage, marketing, sale, importation,  exportation and transport of the meat and 
edible meat products thereof that are intende d for human consumption.  It covers the 
following:  Purpose;  Scope;  Definitions;  Slaughter and processing plants;  Sanitary 
standards;  Sanitation standard operating pr ocedures (SSOPs);  Hazard Analysis and 
Critical Control Point (HACCP) system;  Prel iminary sanitary inspection carried out on the 
farm;  Preliminary ante- and post-mortem insp ection at the plant;  Official inspection of 
establishments engaged in the slaughter of poultry;  Storage, sale and transport;  Inspection, monitoring and control;  Safety measures and penalties;  Notification;  and Period of 
validity. 
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.  G/SPS/N/COL/238 
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  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:  Decree 
(Decreto ) No. 2676 of 22 December 2000 of the Ministry of the Environment;  Decree 
No. 4126 of 16 November 2005;  Decree No. 1500 of 4 May 2007, notified in document G/SPS/N/COL/125/Add.1 of the Ministry of Social Welfare;  Resolution ( Resolución ) 
No. 1164 of 6 September 2002 of the Ministry of the Environment;  Resolution No. 2346 of 
11 July 2007;  Resolution No. 4287 of 21 November 2007, notified in document 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) :  Date of publication in the Official Journal. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Date of  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) :  24 September 2012 
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 Salud y Protección Social 
Dirección 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, Ext. 1280 
E-mail: bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co 
Website: http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co   G/SPS/N/COL/238 
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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 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
Tel.: (+57-1) 606-4775