WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.60
26March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1086)
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 [X],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): Foodstuffs forinfants and
young children
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Mexican
Official Standard NOM-131-SSA1-1995, Goods andServices. Foodstuffs forInfants and
Young Children. Sanitary andNutritional Provisions andSpecifications
6. Description ofcontent: This Mexican Official Standard establishes sanitary
specifications (notification subject totheAgreement ontheApplication ofSanitary and
Phytosanitary Measures (SPM Agreement)) andnutritional specifications (notification
subject totheAgreement onTechnical Barriers toTrade (TBT Agreement)) forinfant
feeding formulas, andpackaged foodstuffs andcereal-based foodstuffs destined for
infants andyoung children. ThisStandard ismandatory throughout thenational territory
fornatural andlegal persons engaged intheprocessing orimportation ofthe
aforementioned items.
7. Objective andrationale: Human health
8. Relevant documents: Diario Oficial delaFederación (Official Journal) of1March 1996
9. Proposed date ofadoption: Onthedayfollowing definitive publication inthe
Official Journal.
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:
10. Final dateforcomments: 1June1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: