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12 September  2023 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication, received on 1 1 September 2 023, is being circulated at the request of 
the delegation of Nicaragua . 
 
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NTON 03003 :2023 Carne y Productos Cárnicos . Carne de Aves (Gallus gallus domesticus), faenada 
enteras, sus cortes y sus menudos para Consumo Humano . Requisitos Sanitarios y de Inocuidad 
(Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 03003:2023 on meat and meat products . 
Meat of poultry ( Gallus gallus domesti cus), prepared whole or cut in pieces, and the offal thereof, 
for human consumption . Sanitary and safety requirements)  
The Republic of Nicaragua advises that NTON No. 03 023 - 12, Second revision : Slaughtered, 
ready -to-cook chickens (raw), whole or cut in pieces, and  chicken offal, notified on 5 March 2 023 
in document G/SPS/N/NIC/76, with an addendum issued on 1 3 May 2 013 
(G/SPS/N/NIC/76/Add.1), is to be replaced by NTON No. 03003:2023 on meat and meat products . 
Meat of poultry ( Gallus gallus domesticus ), prepared whole or cut in pieces, and the offal thereof, 
for human consumption . Sanitary and safety requirements . The purpose of the notified regulation 
is to "establish the safety requirements that must be met for poultry ( Gallus gallus domesticus ) 
that is prepared whole or cut in pieces, and the offal thereof, and intended for human 
consumption, and to set out the sanitary requirements that must be met by processing 
establishments".  
https://www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp  
https://members.wto. org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/NIC/23_12236_00_s.pdf  
This addendum concerns a:  
[ ] Modification of final date for comments  
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication, or entry into force of regulation  
[X] Modification of  content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation  
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation  
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force  
[ ] Other:  
Comment period : (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days . Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of the originally announced  final date for 
comments, the comment period provided in the addendum may vary.)  G/SPS/N/NIC/76/Add.2  
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  [ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy ): 7 November 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] Nat ional Notification 
Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Development, Industry and Trade)  
Dirección de Normalización y Metrología  (Directorate of Standardization and Metrology)  
Oficina de Información y Notificación  (Information and Notification Office)  
Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a Camino de Oriente  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314, 1320, 1310  
Email:  normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp  
Text(s) available from : [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . 
Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  
Dirección de Normalización y Metrología  
Oficina de Información y Notificación  
Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a Camino de Oriente  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314, 1320, 1310  
Email:  normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni ; notificacion@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and Livestock 
Protection and Health)  
Santiago Alejandro Rodriguez Perez  
Asesor Legal  (legal advisor)  
Carretera Norte, Paso a desnivel Portezuelo 100 metros al este, 150 metros al sur  
Tel.: (+505) 8835 9151  
Email: santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.ipsa .gob.ni/  
 
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