. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/74
28 August 2003
(03-4504)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:   Ministry of Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   General
Directorate of Standard s/Ministry of the Economy (DGN/SE) Enquiry Point.
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Processed  fishery
products
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-215-SSA1-2002,  Goods and Services.  Processed  Fishery
Products.  Health Specifications   (22 pages, in Spanish ).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
health and nutritional specifications, test methods, and sampling, packing, packaging and
labelling requirements for processed  fishery products .
Upon final publication, compliance with this Standard will be mandatory throughout
Mexican territory for natural and legal persons engaged in the production or importation ofsuch products.
This draft Standard is equivalent to the following international standards:
Codex Alimentarius, ALINORM 01/18 :
* Appendix V. Proposed Draft Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products;
* Appendix III. Proposed Draft Amendment to the Standard for Canned Sardines and
Sardine-Type Products;
* Appendix VI. Proposed Draft Standard for Salted Atlantic Herring and Salted Sprats.
Codex Alimentarius, ALINORM 95/18 :
* Appendix VII. Draft Revised Standard for Quick Frozen Fish Sticks (Fish Fingers), Fish
Portions and Fish Fillets - Breaded or in Batter;
* Appendix IX. Draft Revised Standard for Canned Crab Meat;
* Appendix X. Draft Revised Standard for Canned Finfish;
* Appendix XI. Draft Revised Standard for Canned Salmon;
* Appendix XII. Draft Revised Standard for Canned Sardines and Sardine-Type Products;G/TBT/N/MEX/74
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* Appendix XIII. Draft Revised Standard for Canned Shrimps or Prawns;
6. Description of content (cont'd):
* Appendix XIV.  Draft Revised Standard for Canned Tuna and Bonito;
* Appendix XV.  Draft Revised Standard for Salted Fish and Dried Salted Fish of the
Gadidae  Family of Fishes.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Control the sanitary quality of processed fishery products in order to protect human health
and provide information to consumers.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
20 August 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   19 October 2003
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:
Web site:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85 (Standards catalogue).
E-mail: cidgn@economia.gob.mx