WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.553
2October 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-4168)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: MEXICO
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Ministry ofHealth
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Cereals andcereal
products
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-147-SSA1-1996, Goods andServices. Cereals andCereal
Products. Cereal Flours, Foods Based onCereals, Edible Seeds, Flours orMixtures
Thereof andBaked Goods. Health andNutritional Provisions andSpecifications
(29pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Thepurpose ofthisMexican Official Standard willbeto
establish thehealth andnutritional provisions andspecifications forcereal flours, foods
prepared from cereals, edible seeds, flours ormixtures thereof andbaked products.
ThisStandard willbemandatory throughout thenational territory fornatural andlegal
persons engaged intheprocessing orimportation ofsuchproducts.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumer Protection
8. Relevant documents: Official Journal oftheFederation, 15August 1997 (Spanish)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 15November 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: