. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/COL/125 
3 January 2007 
 (07-0006) 
Committee on Sanitary and 
Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
 
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:        
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Social Welfare  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Meat, edible meat products and meat by-products  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
 Columbia's trading partners. 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Proyecto de Decreto del 
Ministerio de la Protección Social "Por el cual se establece el sistema oficial de inspección, vigilancia y control.  Los requisitos sanita rios y de inocuidad de la carne, productos 
cárnicos comestibles y derivados cárnic os destinados para el consumo humano".  (Draft 
Decree of the Ministry of Social Welfare "Est ablishing the official inspection, surveillance 
and control system.  Health and safety requi rements for meat, edible meat products and 
meat by-products for human consumption") (in Spanish, 29 pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Decree establishes the official  inspection, surveillance and 
control system and the health and safety requ irements to be met by meat, edible meat 
products and meat by-products, and covers the fo llowing:  Scope;  Definitions;  Cold chain;  
Shelf life of primary production meat, edible me at products and meat by-products;  Sanitary 
operation standards in primary production sites;  Primary production safety assurance 
system;  Transport of animals to receiving plan t;  Sanitary registrati on and authorization;  
Safety assurance system;  Sanitary operati on standards;  Sanitation standard operating 
procedures;  Hazard analysis and critical c ontrol point system;  Pathogens control;  
Chemical waste and pollutant control;  Specific ante- and post-mortem inspection requirements for receiving plants;  Packaging and labelling of meat, edible meat products 
and meat by-products;  Meat by-products;  Tr ansport of meat, edible meat products and 
meat by-products;  Storage and marketing;  Special provisions;  Imports and exports;  
Organization of the inspection, surveillance and control system;  Penalty system, period of application and repeal.  
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/125 
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  8. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [ X ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:        
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Decree No. 2278 of 
1982 and No. 1036 of 1991.  
10. Proposed date of adoption:  Date of signing of the Decree.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  From the date of publication in the Diario Oficial  
(Official Journal) . 
12. Final date for comments:  20 March 2007 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [   ] National enquiry point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
Servicio Nacional de Información (National Enquiry Point) 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Dirección de Regulación Calle 28 Nº 13A - 15, tercer piso Tel.:  (571) 2410478 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
 
or 
 
Ministerio de la Protección Social (Ministry of Social Welfare) Dirección General de Salud Pública Grupo de Promoción y Prevención 
Carrera 13 No. 32 – 76 
Bogotá, D. C., Colombia Tel.:  PBX:  330 5000 Extensions 1440 to 1445 Fax:  (571) 3305050 Web site:  www.minproteccionsocial.gov.co
. 
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: 
 
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism) 
Dirección de Regulación 
Calle 28 N°.13A - 15, tercer piso  
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
 
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person :  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
E-mail:  danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co  
Tel.:  (571) 6067676 Ext.1690 Fax:  (571) 2410480 
Web site:  http://www.mincomercio.gov.co