. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/MEX/186
7 June 2002
(02-3163)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   MEXICO
If applicable, name of local government involved:
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable).
Goods and services.  Dough, tortillas , tostadas  and flour.
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:
5. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Mexican Official Standard
PROY-NOM-187-SSA1-2001,  Goods and services.  Dough, Tortillas , Tostadas  and Flour
Prepared for the Production and the Processing Plants Thereof.  Sanitary Specifications(36 pages, in Spanish).
6. Description of content:  The objective of this Mexican Official Standard is to establish the
sanitary specifications that must be satisfied by dough, tortillas , tostadas  and flour prepared
for the production and the processing plants thereof. This Mexican Official Standard isbinding throughout the national territory on natural and legal persons involved in the
processing or importation of such products. Snack foods are exempt.
7. Objective and rationale: [X] food safety,  [   ] animal health,  [   ] plant protection,
[  ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [   ] protect territory from other
damage from pests
8. International standard, guideline or recommendation set by:
[ ] the Codex Alimentarius Commission, [  ] the International Office of Epizootics,
[ ] the International Plant Protection Convention, [  ] does not exist.
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Official Journal
(Diario Oficial de la Federación ) of 7 May 2002  (available in Spanish).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined
12. Final date for comments:  6 July 2002
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [     ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:G/SPS/N/MEX/186
Page 2
13. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [   ] National enquiry point or
address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Web site:  http://www.economia.gob.mx/normas   (Standards Catalogue)