G/SPS/N/NIC/121  
5 November  2021 
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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), Ministerio de Salud , MINSA (Ministry of 
Health)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO ; ICS numbers should be pr ovided in addition, 
where applicable) : Meal of bovine animals and swine  
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 03001 :2021 Rastros . Requisitos higiénicos y 
sanitarios  (Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 03001:2021 : Abattoirs . 
Hygiene and health requirements) Language(s) : Spanish Number of pages : 13 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/NIC/21_6991_00_s.pdf  
6. Description of content : The notified Standard seeks to establish the minimum hygiene 
and health requirements to be met by abattoirs (processing establishments) where 
animals are slaughtered and meat is obtained for human consumption.  
It is binding on all abattoirs (processing establishments) where bovine animals and swine 
are slaughtered and butchered to obtain meat for human consumption.  
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 Organ isation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection 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/121  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
− Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 11 026 -10: Sistema de 
Registro de Establecimientos, Identificación y Movilización de Ganado Bovino  (current 
version)  
− Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 05 001 -05: Norma Técnica 
para el Control Ambiental en Mataderos  (current version)  
− Nicaraguan Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 01 026 -10: Norma Sanitaria 
de Manipulación de Alimentos . Requisitos Sanitarios para Manipuladores  (current 
version)  
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) : To be determined  
[X] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [ ]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 28 December 2 021 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address 
(if available) of other body:  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección General de Regulación Sanitaria , DGRS (Directorate -General of Health 
Regulation)  
Direccion de Farmacia  (Pharmacy Directorate)  
Conchita Palacios, Costado Oeste Colonia Primero de Mayo  
Tel.: (+505) 2289 4700, Ext. 1005 ; 2289 4401  
Email : dgrs@minsa.gob.ni ; farmaciadir@minsa.gob.ni  
 
Instituto de Protección y Sanidad Agropecuaria , IPSA (Institute for Agricultural and 
Livestock Protection and Health)  
Km 5½ Carretera Norte, contiguo a ENACAL Portezuelo,  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2298 1330/2981 330/2298 1349  
Email : santiago.rodriguez@ipsa.gob.ni  
 
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Kilómetro 6 de Carr era a Masaya, frente a Camino de Oriente  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314, 1310  
Email : normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/es -ni/snc.aspx  
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  
Kilómetro 6 de Carrera a Masaya, frente a Camino de  Oriente  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314, 1310  
Email : normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website: http://www.mific.gob.ni/es -ni/snc.aspx