G/TBT/N/PER/142  
10 May 2022 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : PERU 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria , DIGESA (Directorate -
General of Environmental Health and Food Safety)  
Calle Las Amapolas N° 350  
Urb. San Eugenio, Lince - Lima 14, Peru  
Tel.: (+51-1) 631 -440 
Email: evillanueva@minsa.gob.pe  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall b e indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste N º 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Products 
of the milling industry ; malt; starches ; inulin; wheat gluten (HS code(s) : 11); - Seaweeds 
and other algae (HS code(s) : 12122) ; - - Other (HS code(s) : 121299) ; Fats and oils and 
their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically 
modified (HS code(s) : 1504); Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but 
not chemically modified (HS code(s) : 1507); Ground -nut oil and its fractions, whether  or 
not refined, but not chemically modified (HS code(s) : 1508); Olive oil and its fractions, 
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (HS code(s) : 1509); Sunflower -seed, 
safflower or cotton -seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined , but not 
chemically modified (HS code(s) : 1512); Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and 
fractions thereof, whether or not re -fined, but not chemically modified (HS code(s) : 
1513); Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and the ir fractions, 
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified (HS code(s) : 1515); Animal or 
vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter -esterified, 
re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not furt her prepared (HS code(s) : 
1516); Margarine ; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or 
of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their 
fractions of heading 15.16 (HS code(s) : 1517); Preparations of meat, of fish or of 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates (HS code(s) : 16); Sugar 
confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa (HS code(s) : 1704); 
Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted (HS code(s) : 1803); Cocoa butter, fat and oil (HS G/TBT/N/PER/142  
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  code(s) : 1804); Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter 
(HS code(s) : 1805); Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa (HS code(s) : 
1806); Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks ' products (HS code(s) : 
19); Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants (HS code(s) : 20); 
Miscellaneous edible preparations (HS code(s) : 21); Beverages, spirits and vinegar (HS 
code(s) : 22); Bran, sharps and other res idues, whether or not in the form of pellets, 
derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants (HS 
code(s) : 2302); Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, 
whether or not in aqueous solut ion or containing added anti -caking or free -flowing agents ; 
sea water (HS code(s) : 2501); All industrially processed food products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Documento Técnico "Clasificador de los alime ntos elaborados industrialmente"  (Draft 
Technical Document : "Classification of industrially processed foods") (17 page(s), in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Technical Document establishes a 
classification for the coding of industrially processed foods, and for the designation of 
production lines, to be applied by natural or legal persons applying for entry in the 
Sanitary Register of foods fo r human consumption, and for official technical validation of 
the HACCP plan or certification of the Codex Alimentarius general principles of hygiene . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : To facilitate and order the classification of domestic and imported industrially 
processed foods subject to sanitary registration that enter  the market and their linkages 
to domestic production lines . Contribute to the traceability of industrially processed foods, 
and to th eir control and surveillance.  
8. Relevant documents:  
- Ley Nº 26842, Ley General de Salud y sus modificatorias . 
- Decreto Legislativo N° 1062, que aprueba la Ley de Inocuidad de los Alimentos . 
- Decreto Legislativo N° 1161, Ley de Organización y Funciones del Ministerio de Salud, 
y su modificatoria . 
- Decreto Supremo N° 008 -2017-SA, Reglamento de Organización y Funciones del 
Ministerio de Salud, y sus modificatorias . 
- Decreto Supremo N° 007 -98-SA, Reglamento sobre Vigilancia y Control Sanitario d e 
Alimentos y Bebidas, y sus modificatorias . 
- Decreto Supremo N° 034 -2008-AG, que aprueba el Reglamento del Decreto Legislativo 
N° 1062, Ley de Inocuidad de los Alimentos . 
9. Proposed date of adoption : 180 days from publication  
Proposed date of entry into force : 180 days from publication  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  G/TBT/N/PER/142  
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  11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo , MINCETUR (Ministry of Foreign Trade and 
Tourism)  
Calle Uno Oeste N º 50 - Urb. Corpac - Lima 27 - Peru 
Tel.: (+51-1) 513 -6100, Ext. 1223 and 1239  
Email: otc@mincetur .gob.pe  
 
Ministerio de Salud  (Ministry of Health)  
Dirección General de Salud Ambiental e Inocuidad Alimentaria , DIGESA (Directorate -
General of Environmental Health and Food Safety)  
Calle Las Amapolas N° 350  
Urb. San Eugenio, Lince - Lima 14, Peru  
Tel.: (+51-1) 631 -440 
Email: evillanueva@minsa.gob.pe  
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