WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CRI/128 
13 February 2012 
 (12-0816) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:   COSTA RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of the Economy, Industry and 
Trade) Departamento de Reglamentación Técnica  (Technical Regulation Department) 
Tel.:  (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206, or (+506) 2291-2015 
Name and address (including telephone  and fax numbers, e-mail and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:  
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministry of the Economy, Industry and Trade, MEIC 
Apartado Postal 10216-1000, San José 
Tel.:  (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 Fax:  (+506) 2291-2015 E-mail:  crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr  
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 app licable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   International 
Classification for Standards (ICS) code 65.120 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   RTCA 65.05.63:11, 
Productos Utilizados en Alimentación Animal .  Buenas Prácticas  de Manufactura 
(Central American Technical Regulation (RTC A) No. 65.05.63.11:  Products used in 
animal feed.  Good manufacturing practices) (26 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:  The notified Technical Regulation establishes the general 
provisions concerning the manufacturing and hygiene practices for products used in 
animal feed with a view to ensuring its safety and quality.  The Regulation applies to the 
animal feed industry and covers the marke ting, reception and handling of raw materials 
and other ingredients, processing (grinding, in corporation, mixing, pelleting, extrusion, 
blanching or flushing, packaging) and the hand ling, storage, labelling and distribution of 
finished products.  Plants engaged in the processing of animal by-products not intended 
for human consumption (rendering) do not fall within the purview of this Regulation. G/TBT/N/CRI/128 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of animal health. 
8. Relevant documents:  
1. American Feed Industry Association (AFIA).  Tecnología para la Fabricación de 
Alimentos Balanceados  (Feed Manufacturing Technology).  First Spanish Edition.  
United States of America.  1994. 
2. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Guidance/Framework 
for Best Management Practices for Manufact uring, Packaging and Distributing Animal 
Feeds and Feed Ingredients.  United States of America.  January 2002. 
3. Association of American Feed Contro l Officials (AAFCO).  Feed Inspector's 
Manual.  Second Edition, United States of America.  2000. 
4. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America.  2000. 
5. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America.  2002. 
6. Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).  Official Publication.  
United States of America.  2003. 
7. Codex Alimentarius.  General Require ments (Food Hygiene).  Supplement to 
Volume 1B.  Rome, Italy.  1998. 
8. Codex Alimentarius.  Code of Practice on Good Animal Feeding.  
CAC/RCP 54-2004. 
9. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  C ode of Federal Regulations.  Title 21:  
Food and Drugs, Subchapter C:  Drugs:  Ge neral, Part 225:  Current Good Manufacturing 
Practice for Medicated Feeds.  Available at http://www.washingtonwatchdog.org/documents/c fr/title21/part225.htm l.  August 2005. 
10. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO ).  Animal Production and Health.  Good 
Practices for the Feed Industry.  2010. 
11. Ferreyra, Verónica.  Calidad en las industrias alimen ticias:  Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura (Quality in the food industries:  G ood manufacturing practices).  Available 
at http://www.mundohelado.com/calidad/ca lidad-01.htm.  8 February 2003. 
12. Gurdián, Byron, and Sibaja, Guillermo.  Manual para el control de plagas en 
plantas procesadoras de alim entos para el consumo humano  (Manual on pest control in 
plants processing food for human consumption).  Departamento de Servicios 
Zoosanitarios Internacionales , Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Department of 
International Animal Health Services, Mi nistry of Agriculture and Livestock).  
Costa Rica.  2003. 
13. Hartog, Johan den.  Feed for Food:  HACCP in the animal feed industry.  Product 
Board Animal Feed.  ELSEVIER, Food Control 14.  2003. 
14. Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock).  
Ley para el Control de la Elaboración y Ex pendio de Alimentos para Animales, Nº 6883 
de 27 de septiembre 1983 (Law No. 6883 of 27 September 1983 for the control of the 
preparation and sale of animal feed).  Costa Rica. 
  G/TBT/N/CRI/128 
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  15. Nájera, Mauricio.  Propuesta de Guía de Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura que 
debe verificar el departamento RCCAA-MAG en  la industria de alimentos para animales 
en Costa Rica  (Proposed Guide on Good Manufacturing Practice verification by the 
Department for the Registration and Quality C ontrol of Animal Feed of the Ministry of 
Agriculture and Livestock (RCCAA-MAG) in the Costa Rican animal feed industry).  
Tesis de graduación para optar por el grado académico de Licenciatura en 
Administración de Empresas Agropecuarias (Graduation thesis for academic degree in 
agricultural enterprise management).  Universidad Estatal a Distancia (UNED).  
San José, Costa Rica.  2006. 
16. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.  Regional Office for 
Latin America and the Caribbean.  Manual para prevenir la transmisión de la 
Encefalopatía Espongiforme Bovina a través de los Piensos  (Manual on prevention of the 
transmission of Bovine Spongiform Encepha lopathy through animal feed).  2004. 
17. Product Board Animal Feed.  General GM P standard for the animal feed sector 
(GMP01;  16-02-2005).  Netherlands. 
18. Regulation (EC) No. 183/2005 of the Eur opean Parliament and of the Council of 
12 January 2005. 
19. Reglamento para el Control de la El aboración y Expendio de Alimentos para 
Animales, Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 16899 - MAG de 10 de abril de 1986 (Regulation 
No. 16899 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) of 10 April 1986 for the control of the preparation and sale of animal feed).  
20. Secretaría de Agricultura y Recursos Hidráulicos  (Department of Agriculture and 
Water Resources).  Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM-025- ZOO-1995, Características y 
especificaciones zoosanitarias para las instalaciones, equipo y operación de 
establecimientos que fabriquen productos a limenticios para uso en animales o consumo 
por éstos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM-025- ZOO-1995, Animal health characteristics 
and specifications for the facilities, equipm ent and operations of establishments that 
manufacture food products for animal use or consumption).  Diario Oficial de la 
Federación  (Official Journal).  Available at http://www.gobernacion.gob.mx/dof/pop.php, 
Mexico.  Published 16 October 1995. 
21. Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería,  Pesca y Alimentos - Sanidad Animal  
(Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food - Animal Health) .  
Resolución 341/2003:  Establécese como obligat oria la habilitación y el registro en el 
SENASA de las personas físicas o jurídicas y/o establecimientos que elaboren, fraccionen, 
depositen, distribuyan, impor ten o exporten productos d estinados a la alimentación 
animal  (Resolution No. 341/2003 establishing the mandatory authorization and 
registration by the National Agriculture and Food Health and Quality Service (SENASA) 
of natural or legal persons and/or establishmen ts engaged in the preparation, subdivision, 
storage, distribution, importation or exportati on of animal feed products).  Buenos Aires, 
Argentina.  24 July 2003. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 
Proposed date of entry into force:  }To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days as from the date of notification G/TBT/N/CRI/128 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry  point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and website addresses, if available, of the other body: 
TBT Enquiry Point 
Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Comercio, MEIC Apartado Postal 10216-1000 San José, Costa Rica Tel.: (+506) 2291-2115, Ext. 206 
Fax: (+506) 2291-2015 
E-mail: crotc@meic.go.cr  
Website: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/ 
 
The full text of the document is available at: http://www.reglatec.go.cr/consulta/RTCA_65-05-63-
11_BUENPRACMANFACALIMANIMAL.pdf