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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/14 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5358) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BOLIVIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agrop ecuaria e Inocuidad Alimentaria  
- SENASAG (National Service for Agricultural Health and Food Safety) 
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):  Pharmaceutical products and inputs for veterinary use the formulation of 
which contains nitrofurans or the salts ther eof (furazolidone, nitrofurantoin, nitrofurazone, 
furaltadone, nifurprazine and nifuraldezone)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries 
5. Title, language and number of p ages of the notified document:  Resolución 
Administrativa No. 011/2005  (Administrative Resolution No. 011/2005)  (2 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Resolution prohibits the us e throughout national territory of 
pharmaceutical products and input s for veterinary use the formulation of which contains 
nitrofurans (or the salts thereof).  
 The registration of the veterinary products and inputs specified in the Resolution is 
cancelled.  The use of nitrofuran-based produc ts is only authorized for topical use in 
ornamental pets, horses and other spec ies not intended for human consumption. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X ] food safety,  [ X ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,   
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests  
8. 
    
 
  
 
 International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE),  [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
 These active ingredients have different effects on the species for which they are 
intended and on human beings. Such effects can be  neurological in nature and lead to acute 
pulmonary sensitivity.  Evidence also exists th at these products can ha ve undesired effects or 
effects opposite to those intended (antagonisms) when used in co njunction with a number of 
drugs, in particular chemothe rapeutics of the quinolone group (norfloxacin, ciprofloxacin, 
nalidixic acid, etc.), and that they can also contribute to mutagenesis and bacterial resistance. G/SPS/N/BOL/14 
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 8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  (cont'd) 
 All such causes and effects have been scie ntifically proven by in ternational reference 
bodies, such as the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), the 
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA), which recommend tight controls on and 
regulations banning the use of different kinds of products intended for animals for human 
consumption. 
9. Relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:   SENASAG website:  
www.senasag.gov.bo (in Spanish). 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   December 2005 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   December 2005 
12. Final date for comments:   30 November 2005 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:  
13. Texts available from:  [   ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry point 
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
Dr Marcelo Lara Godoy, Coordinador General 
Dirección Calle Jorge Sáenz, entre Honduras y Haití La Paz, Bolivia Tel.:   (591-2) 222-9979 or (591-2) 222-9935 
Fax:   (591-2) 222-0616 
E-mail:   mlara@senasag.gov.bo