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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/BOL/12 
16 November 2005 
 (05-5352) 
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):  Veterinary products and inputs c ontaining chloramphenicol throughout 
national territory 
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. 009/2005  (Administrative Resolution No. 009/2005)  (2 pages, in 
Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This Resolution prohibits the us e throughout national territory of 
veterinary products and inputs containing chloramphenicol, gi ven the scientific evidence 
showing the genotoxicity of the product as well as the problems associated with aplastic 
anaemias, blood dyscrasias and hype rsensitivity phenomena in humans. 
 The Resolution cancels veterinary products  and inputs containing chloramphenicol 
within Bolivia; such products can therefore not be imported into the country.  It does not 
apply to chloramphenicol-based products fo r collyria and topical use in dogs, cats, 
ornamental birds, 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:    
 The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) has not 
established a maximum residue  limit (MRL) for chloramphe nicol and no acceptable daily 
intake (ADI) has therefore been allocated given that the information available is insufficient 
for identifying an appropriate marker residue, in  particular in bovine animals and swine, for 
which the radio depletion studies are inadequate. 
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 8. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:  (cont'd) 
 The JECFA, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the 
European Agency for the Evaluation of Medi cinal Products (EMEA) have established all 
possible causes and effects related to the uncontrolled use of chloramphenicol. 
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