. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/84 
9 January 2007 
 (07-0102) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de la Protección Social  (Ministry of Social Welfare) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X  ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Meat and meat products 
of the bovine and bubaline species. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de la Protección Socia l "Por la cual se establecen los requisitos 
para la inspección, vigilancia y control ofic ial, de los establecimientos dedicados al 
beneficio, desposte, almacenamiento, expe ndio y el transporte de carne y productos 
cárnicos comestibles de las especies bovina y bufalina"  (Draft Resolution of the Ministry of 
Social Welfare "establishing requirements for the inspection, surveillance and official 
control of establishments involved in the recepti on, cutting, storage, marketing and transport 
of meat and edible meat products of the bovine and bubaline species") (56 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Resolution establishes the sanitary requirements to be met by 
establishments involved in the reception, cutting,  storage, marketing and transport of meat 
and edible meat products of the bovine and bubaline species destined for human consumption.  It covers the following:  Purpo se;  Scope;  Definitions; Sanitary standards; 
Specific requirements for receiving and cutting plants;  Specific requirements for 
installations, equipment and tools in receivi ng plants;  Operating requirements for the 
reception and cutting of bovine and bubaline animals;  Safety assurance systems; Standardized sanitation operating procedures;  Hazard analysis and critical control point 
system; Zero tolerance; Pathogen control;  Chem ical waste and pollutant control;  Ante- and 
post-mortem inspection requirements;  Requireme nts for the transport of meat and edible 
meat products;  Storage and marketing requi rements;  Transition period and period of 
application. G/TBT/N/COL/84 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
 Protection of human life and health and the environment and prevention of practices 
likely to mislead the consumer.  
8. Relevant documents:   Decree No. 4126 of 2005 and Resolution No. 1164 of 2002 of the 
Ministry of Health. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:   Date on which the Resolution is signed. 
Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   22 March 2007 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and E-mail and Web site add resses, if available, of other body:  
Enquiry point :  
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R. 
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co 
Tel.:  (+571) 606 7676 Ext. 1690 Fax:  (+571) 241 0480  Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación 
Tel.:  (+571) 241 0478 Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Bogotá, D.C. Colombia 
Web site:  http://secgen.comunidadandina.org/sirt 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social 
Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D. C. 
Colombia E-mail:  bolarte@minproteccionsocial.gov.co Tel.:  (+571) 330 5000 Extensions 1440 to 1445 Fax:  (+571) 330 5050 
Web site:  http://www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co