. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/MEX/73
28 August 2003
(03-4503)
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):  Non-ripened or fresh,
ripened and processed cheeses and products made with similar ingredients or procedures or
having a similar appearance.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Mexican
Official Standard PROY-NOM-212-SSA1- 2002, "Products and services.  Cheeses: non-
ripened or fresh, ripened and processed, as well as products made with similar ingredients  or
procedures or having a similar appearance.  Sa nitary specifications.  Test method."  (21 pages,
in Spanish).
6. Description of content:   This draft Mexican Official Standard (NOM) establishes the
sanitary specifications for non-ripened or fresh, ripened and processed cheeses as well as
products made with similar ingredients or procedures or having a similar appearance.
This draft Standard also establishes the nutritional specifications, the test method
and the sampling, packaging, packing and labelling requirements for such products.
Upon final publication, this draft Standard will be binding throughout the national
territory on all natural and legal persons engaged in the production or importation of suchproducts.
This draft Standard is partially equivalent to the preliminary draft code of hygienic
practice for the production of non-cured and non-ripened cheeses and ripened soft cheeses,
"CXFH 9706", of July 1997.G/TBT/N/MEX/73
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7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
The objective of this draft Standard is to control the sanitary quality of non-ripened
or fresh, ripened and processed cheeses as well as products made with similar ingredients or
procedures or having a similar appearance, of national or foreign origin, in order to protect
public health and provide information to the consumer.
8. Relevant documents:  Diario Oficial de la Federación  (Official Journal) of
19 August 2003.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }Not applicable
10. Final date for comments:   17 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:
Website:  www.economia.gob.mx/?P=85  (Standards catalogue)
E-mail:  cidgn@economia.gob.mx