SLV/206
WTO/TBT
SV El Salvador
  • 65 - Agriculture
  • 67 - Food technology
2020-07-11
2020-05-26

ICS 65.020.30, ICS 65.140, ICS 65.150 and ICS 67.120.20

Reglamento Técnico Salvadoreño RTS 65.05.02:19 Sistema de Registro e Identificación para la Trazabilidad Pecuario y Acuícola (Salvadorian Technical Regulation (RTS) No. 65.05.02:19: Registration and identification system for livestock and aquaculture traceability) (9 pages, in Spanish)

The notified Regulation establishes the provisions governing the registration and identification system for livestock and aquaculture traceability in El Salvador.

It applies to the registration of natural or legal persons and establishments engaged in the primary production, processing, storage, marketing, exportation and importation, exhibition and transportation of livestock and live fish.

It also applies to the identification of animals according to their species.

It further applies to the movement of animals, animal products and by-products according to the type of species or item.

In the case of livestock and aquaculture products and by-products, it applies specifically to the remit of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock.

This Regulation does not apply to pets, with the exception of species of a health concern as defined by the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock in accordance with the Plant and Animal Health Law.