G/SPS/N/NIC/122  
8 December  2022 
(22-9150) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : NICARAGUA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA  (Institute for 
Agricultural and Livestock Protection and Health)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable) : Milk and milk pr oducts ( ICS 67 .100)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  
[X] All trading partners  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:  
5. Title of the notified document : NTON 11006 :2022 Leche . Centros de acopio . 
Requisitos sanitarios  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 
11006:2022 : "Milk. Collection centres . Sanitary requirements") Language(s) : Spanish 
Number of pages : 10 
http://www.mific.gob.ni/Inicio/Comercio/Comercio -Interior/SNC/snn/enn/ncp  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NIC/22_8355_00 _s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard establishes the hygiene and sanitary 
requirements to be met by milk collection centres . It applies to milk collection centres 
used for receiving, storing, cooling or marketing milk.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection , 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [ ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international standard ? If so, identify the  standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protectio n Convention (e.g. I SPM No.) : 
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  G/SPS/N/NIC/122  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
• NTON 03  026-10 Manipulación de alimentos . Requisitos sanitarios para 
manipuladores  
• NTON 03  027- 17 Leche y productos lácteos . Leche cruda (vaca) . Especificaciones  
• NTON 05  006 - 15. Control ambiental . Plantas procesadoras de productos lácteos y 
centros de acopio . Primera revisión  
• NTON 03  069-06/RTCA 67 .01.33:06 Industria de alimentos y bebidas procesados . 
Buenas prácticas de manufactura . Principios generales  
• NTON 03  066 - 06/ R TCA 67 .01.30 : 06 Alimentos  procesados . Procedimiento para 
otorgar la licencia sanitaria a fábricas y bodegas  
• NTON 03  093-10/ R TCA 67 .06.55:09 Buenas prácticas de higiene para alimentos no 
procesados  
• https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/NIC/22_8355_01_s.pdf  
(Available in Spanish)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force : [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) : Entry into force 180 days after its publication in the Official Journal, La 
Gaceta  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 5 February 2 023 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if av ailable) of other body:  
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria  (IPSA) 
Santiago Alejandro Rodriguez Perez  
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/  
13. Text(s) available from : [X] National 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 Metrolog ía (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 and 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) 
Santiago Alejandro Rodriguez Perez  
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/