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Ministerial Decision No. 6932004 of 23 January 2004, Provisions to Prevent the Introduction of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or "Mad Cow Disease" into Guatemala.

Distribution date: 13 February 2004 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

This Ministerial Decision establishes provisions relating to the entry into or international transit through Guatemala of animals and animal products, by-products and raw materials for the production of inputs intended for animals, which pose a health risk and which come from or originate in countries infected with Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). An infected country is considered to be one with a reported outbreak of this disease, without prejudice to the related provisions of the Terrestrial Animal Health Code of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). It also declares BSE a notifiable disease throughout national territory and makes it mandatory for the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, through its Standards and Regulations Unit, to provide the Ministry of Public Health and Welfare with an up-to-date list of processed natural foods which pose a health risk, and to coordinate matters relating to the importation of other products and materials of ruminant origin used in the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and other industries.

Products Covered: Live ruminants (0102); Foetal bovine serum (3002); Meat of ruminants, fresh, chilled or frozen (0201); Sausages of ruminant meat (1601.0010); Cold cuts of ruminant meat (1602.1090); Meat of ruminants, dried, dehydrated, in meal form, canned, vacuum-packed and in any other form of presentation (0210.2000); Viscera and organs of ruminants for human consumption or industrial use (0206.1000, 0206.2, 0504.0010); Hydrolyzed, concentrated ruminant protein; Ruminant protein for laboratory use; Ruminant elastin; Ruminant glands, processed or for processing (0510.0000); Ruminant bile; Ruminant meat, blood, bone, hoof and horn meal (0506.1000, 0506.9000); Animal feed additives of ruminant origin; Milk substitute of ruminant origin for calves; Preparations from fats of ruminants (1502.0000); Ruminant blood and blood by-products (1601.0010, 1602.1010, 1602.5000); Amniotic extract or fluid from ruminants; Ruminant placenta; Ruminant intestinal serosa; Ruminant hooves and horns; Gelatin and collagen from joints of ruminants; All ruminant Specific Risk Materials (SRMs), as established by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE): (a) Meal of meat, blood and meat offal, and birds' feathers (0210.90, 0505); (b) Hydrolyzed bone; (c) Enzymes, hormones and excipients; (d) Veterinary drugs and excipients; (e) Animal feed; (f) Fish meal (0305.1000).

Regulation Type: Emergency notifications (SPS)

Animal diseases Food safety Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) Animal health Human health Zoonoses Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

Ministerial Act number 48, dated February 02nd, 2004 (Portaria Nº 48, de 02 de fevereiro de 2004), issued by Inmetro, on soap powder, soap-flakes and coconut soap powder. (5 pages, in Portuguese).

Distribution date: 16 February 2004 | Final date for Comment: 20 April 2025

Products Covered: Soap; organic surface-active preparations for soap use, in all forms (HS 3401)