G/SPS/N/GTM/68  
15 August  2018 
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member : GUATEMALA  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerios de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social , MSPAS  (Ministry of 
Public Health and Social Welfare)  
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) : Dairy products, milk powder and cr eam powder  
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 : Reglamento Técnico Centroamericano RTCA 67.04.76:18 
- Productos lácteos, leches en polvo y crema  (Central American Technical Regulation 
(RTCA) No. 67.04.76:18, Dairy products, milk powder and cream powder) Language(s) : 
Spanish Number of pages : 6 
6. Description of content : The notified text establishes the specifications to be met by milk 
powder and cream powder.  
7. Objective and rationale : [X] food safety , [ ] animal health , [ ] plant protection , [ ] 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission ( e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ) CODEX STAN 207 -1999 
[ ] World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. T errestrial  or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) : 
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention ( e.g. I SPM No. ): 
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes [ ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   G/SPS/N/GTM/68  
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Industria de alimentos y bebidas 
procesados . Buenas Prácticas de Manufactura . Principios Generales (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Alimentos . Criterios Microbiológicos para la 
inocuidad de Alimentos  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Alimentos y Bebidas Procesadas . Aditivos 
Alimentarios  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Etiquetado General de los Alimentos 
Previamente Envasados (Preenvasados)  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Etiquetado Nutricional de Productos 
Alimenticios Preenvasados para Consumo Humano para la Población a partir de 3 Años 
de Edad  (current version);  
 Central American Technical Regulation RTCA Uso de Términos Lecheros  (current 
version). (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 ): To be determined.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Final date for comments : [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/o r (dd/mm/yy ): 14 October 2 018 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments : [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point . Address, fax number and email address (if 
available) of other body:  
Dirección General de Regulación, Vigilancia y Control de la Salud del Ministerio de Salud 
Pública y Asistencia Social  (Directorate -General of Health Regulation, Surveillance and 
Control ) 
Ministerios de Salud Pública y Asistencia Social , MSPAS (Ministry of Public Health and 
Social Welfare)  
6ta. Avenida 3 -45 Zona 11  
Ciudad de Guatemala  
Tel.: (+502) 2475 4682  
Email : dvrcs_mspas@yahoo.com  
13. Text(s) available from : [ ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point . Address, fax number and email address (if available) of other body:  
Coordinación de Integración Económica  (Economic Integration Coordination Office)  
8a. Ave. 10 -43, Zona 1, 4to . Nivel 
Ciudad de Guatemala  
Tel.: (+502) 2412 0200, Ext. 4319  
Fax: (+502) 2412 03 39 
Email : ljuarez@mineco.gob.gt