G/TBT/N/NIC/163  
22 July 2020 
(20-5026) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : NICARAGUA  
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 Regulación Sanitaria , DGRS (Directorate -General of Health 
Regulation)  
Dirección de Regulación de Alimentos , DRA (Directorate of Food Regulation)  
Conchita Palacios, Costado Oeste Colonia Primero de Mayo  
Tel.: (+505) 2 289-4700, Ext.  1005, 2289 -4401 
Email: dgrs@minsa.gob.ni ; dra@minsa.gob.ni  
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 be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Fomento, Industria y Comercio  (Ministry of Development, Industry and 
Trade)  
Km 6 Carretera a Masaya  
Managua, Nicaragua  
Tel.: (+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1310  
Email: notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
Website : www.mific.gob.ni/Comercio -Interior/Normalización -y-Metrología/Normas -en-
Consulta -Pública/NTON -en-Consulta -Pública  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Butter 
(ICS 67 .100.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : NTON 03  111- 
20 / R TCA 67.04.77:20 Productos lácteos . Mantequilla . Especificaciones  (Nicaraguan 
Mandatory Technical Standard (NTON) No. 03 111 - 20 / Central American Technical 
Regulation (RTCA) No. 67.04.77:20 : Milk products . Butter. Specifications) (5 pages, in 
Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified Central American Technical Regulation establishes 
the specifications to be met by butter, as defined in Article 4 thereof.  
It applies to butter for direct human consumption or further processing in the territory of 
the St ates Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Protection of human health or safety  G/TBT/N/NIC/163  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
1. RTCA Uso de Términos Lecheros  (current version).  
2. RTCA Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos para la inocuidad de Alimentos  (current 
version).  
3. RTCA Etiquetado General de los Alimentos Previamente Envasados 
(Preenvasados)  (current version).  
4. RTCA Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas . Aditivos Alimentario s (current version).  
5. RTCA Etiquetado  Nutricional de Productos Alimenticios Preenvasados para 
Consumo Humano para la Población a partir de 3 Años de Edad  (current version).  
6. RTCA Industria de Alimentos y Bebidas Procesados . Buenas Prácticas de 
Manufactura . Principios Generales  (current version ). 
7. CODEX S TAN 234 -1999: Recommended Methods of Analysis and Sampling.  
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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)  
Centro de Información Sobre obstáculos Técnicos al Comercio  (TBT Enquiry Point)  
Carretera a Masaya, Kilómetro 6, frente a Camino de Oriente . Managua, Nicaragua  
Iván Martínez Obando  
Denis Benito Saavedra  
(+505) 2248 9300, Ext. 1314 or 1310  
Email:  notificacion@mific.gob.ni ; normalizacion@mific.gob.ni ; imartinez@mific.gob.ni  
http://www.mific.gob.ni/en -us/snc.aspx  
www.mific.gob.ni/Comercio -Interior/Normalización -y-Metrología/Normas -en-Consulta -
Pública/NTON -en-Consulta -Pública  
https://www.mific.gob.ni/Portals/0/Documentos/Comercio%20Interior/Documentos%20
DNM/NORMALIZACION/NORMAS%20EN%20CONSULTA%20PUBLICA/NACIONAL/2020/2
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