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REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
MINISTRY RESOLUTION (RESOLUCÍON MINISTERIAL No. 001)
La Paz, 8th JAN. 2001
CONSIDERING:
That the Law 2061 of the 16th March 2000 provides for the creation of
the National Service for Livestock Health and Food Safety - SENASAG, a
public institution independent from the Ministry of Ariculture and
Rural Development, responsible for the administration of the
Regulation on Livestock Health and Food Safety.
That the Decreto Supremo No. 25729 of the 7th April 2000 establishes
the organization and functions of SENASAG, and that Article 7k)
thereby assigns SENASAG the responsability of regulating the import,
use and any other activities involving Living Genetically Modified
Organisms, in coordination with other national institutions concerned
with this matter.
That it is necessary, so as to be able to
provide guarantees to external markets and Bolivia’s trading partners,
to establish national measures that regulate or ban the import of
products, subproducts and foodstuffs derived from genetically modified
crops, in accordance with the Montreal Biosafety Protocol signed the
30th January 2000.
That the Government and public institutions have the inescapable
obligation of protecting public health by adopting precautionary
measures, given that foods derived from genetically modified crops are
still subject to studies in order to test for possible health effects.
DECIDES:
FIRST.- To ban, for a period of one year, the import of products,
subproducts and foodstuffs of agricultural origin derived from
genetically modified crops.
SECOND.- Food importers shall certify that their products are not
derived from genetically modified crops.
THIRD.- SENASAG will regulate the process of control of imports, in
order to ensure compliance with this Resolución Ministerial; this
Service is given the authority to provide and periodically update a
list of the products that are subject to this regulation.
FOURTH.- SENASAG will regulate the import and use of Living
Genetically Modified Organisms, within 360 days since the publication
of the present Resolución Ministerial.
FIFTH.- From the date of approval of the present Resolución
Ministerial on, the import of foodstuffs for human consumption will
comply with the labelling rules issued by SENASAG, that will provide
in the individual label, in addition to the technical information
related to the product, the following information:
– Identification of the manufacturing company
– Country of origin of the imported product
– Identification of the distributor authorised in Bolivia, with
company address and legal seat.
Those products which do not comply with this labelling rules will be
regarded as smuggled goods and hence will be withdrawn.
SIXTH.- Importing companies are to apply to SENASAG in order to adapt
the registration of their products to comply with above article and
with the rules stablished by the Service.
In order to make this procedure feasable
SEVENTH.- SENASAG will request the Ministry of Health and Social
Welfare to provide all the information regarding the registration of
foodstuffs and food industries.
EIGTH.- SENASAG will act in coordination with the Customs, so as to
ensure that custom clearing procedures comply with the present
Resolución Ministerial.
The National Director of the National Service for Livestock Health and
Food Safety is given the mandate of implementing and ensuring
compliance to the present Resolución Ministerial.
Shall be registered, made public, and filed.
VICEMINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
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