G/TBT/N/MEX/376  
24 October  2017 
(17-5742) 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 : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible : Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y 
Alimentación  (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food)  
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:  
Juan José Linares Martinez, Director -General for Agri -Food Standardization, Ministry of 
Agriculture , Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food , Avenida Municipio Libre No. 
377 piso 4 Ala A, Colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac, Delegación Benito Juárez, Ciudad de México, 
C.P. 03310 . Email: juan.linares@saga rpa.gob.mx  
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) : Bovine 
meat (national tariff heading 02021001)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-004-SAGARPA -2017, Carne de bovino. - clasificación de 
canales conforme a sus características de madurez fisio lógica y marmoleo  (Draft Mexican 
Official Standard PROY -NOM-004-SAGARPA -2017, Classification of carcasses in accordance 
with their physiological maturity and level of marbling) (17 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard applies to all natural 
and legal persons who participate in the production/consumption chain, which includes 
production, preparation, processing (in -bond processing or otherwise), distribution, 
marketing, advertising, exportation, storage , and/or other industrial activities, and who 
declare that the products possess the characteristics defined in the classification provided 
for in this Mexican Official Standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified text establishes : a classification system for bovine meat 
carcasses based on their physiological maturity and level of marbling ; marking and 
identification requirements ; and authorized denominations and conformity assessment 
procedure s, including inspection and control mechanisms that allow for the differentiation 
of bovine meat based on the physiological maturity and level of marbling of the product.  G/TBT/N/MEX/376  
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -008-ZOO-1994, Especificaciones zoosanitarias para la 
construcción y equipamiento de establecimientos para el sacrificio de animales y 
los dedicados a la industrialización de productos cárnicos, (Mexican Official 
Standard NOM -008-ZOO-1994, Animal health specifications for the constructio n 
and equipping of establishments for the slaughter of animals and those engaged in  
the processing of meat products), published in the Official Journal ( Diario Oficial de 
la Federación ) on 1 6 November 1 994; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -009-Z00-1994, Proceso sanitario de la carne , 
(Mexican Official Standard NOM -009-Z00-1994, Sanitary procedures for meat), 
published in the Official Journal on 1 6 November 1 994; 
 Norma Oficial Mexicana NOM -194-SSA1 -2004, Productos y servicios . 
Especificaciones sanitarias en los es tablecimientos dedicados al sacrificio y faenado 
de animales para abasto, almacenamiento, transporte y expendio . Especificaciones 
sanitarias de productos  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -194-SSA1 -2004: Goods 
and services . Sanitary specifications for establishments engaged in the slaughter 
and preparation of animals for the market and the storage, transport and retailing 
of the products thereof . Sanitary specifications for such products), published in the 
Official Journal on 1 8 September 2 004; 
 Norma Of icial Mexicana NOM -051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010, Especificaciones generales de 
etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados - Información 
comercial y sanitaria  (Mexican Official Standard NOM -051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010: 
General specifications for the label ling of pre -packaged food and non -alcoholic 
beverages - Commercial and health information), published in the Official Journal 
on 5 April 2 010. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : As from 2 0 October 2 017 for the submission of comments . 
Sixty calendar days follow ing publication in the Official Journal.  
Proposed date of entry into force : 20 October 2 017 
10. Final date for comments : Sixty calendar days after publication in the Official Journal (2 0 
October 2 017) 
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad  
Dirección General de Normas  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43217  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 97 15 
Website: http://www.economia -noms.gob.mx/?P=144  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx  
jose.ramosr@economia.gob.mx  
 
Text available online at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5502036&fecha=20/10/2017  
and at:  
https://www.gob.mx/sagarpa/documentos/proy -nom-004-sagarpa -2017-carne -de-bovino -
clasificacion -de-canales -conforme -a-sus-caracteristicas -de-madurez -fisiologica -y-
marmoleo?idiom=es  
 
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