G/TBT/N/MEX/445  
9 January  2019 
(19-0099) Page: 1/3 
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 y Desarrollo Rural  (Ministry of Agriculture 
and Rural Development)  
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:  
Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización Agroalimentaria  (National Advisory 
Committee on Agri -Food Standardization), Address : Avenida Municipio Libre No. 377 piso 
4 Ala A, Colonia Santa Cruz Atoyac, Delegación Benito Juárez, en la Ciudad de México, 
C.P. 03310, Email: rvazquez.dgg@sagarpa.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) : Honey 
(040900 ) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-004-SAG/GAN -2018, Producción de Miel y 
Especificaciones  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-004-SAG/GAN -2018: 
Production of honey and specifications ) (23 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The notified draft Mexican Official Standard is binding on natural 
and legal persons responsible for the production and/or marketing of domestically -
produced or imported honey from honey bees, which is marketed or intended to be 
marketed in the United Mexican States in its various forms . The description of such honey 
must correspond with the description established in this Mexican Official Standard.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : The notified draft Mexican  Official Standard establishes the general 
characteristics for the production of honey which promote the care of honey bees and 
their proper development, and the specifications for the marketing of honey, whether for 
direct consumption and/or processing, i n order to contribute to the development of the 
national bee -keeping sector, and increase competitiveness in the honey chain.  
8. Relevant documents:  
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-051-SCFI/SSA1 -2010, Especificaciones generales 
de etiquetado para alimentos y bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasados - 
Información comercial y sanitaria , published in the Official Journal on 5 April 
2010; G/TBT/N/MEX/445  
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  • Mexican Official Standard NOM-092-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y servicios . Método para 
la cuenta de bacterias aerobias en placa , published in the Official Journal on 1 2 
December 1 995; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-110-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y servicios . Preparación 
y dilución de muestras de alimentos para su análisis microbiológico , publ ished in 
the Official Journal on 1 6 October 1 995; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM -111-SSA1 -1994, Bienes y servicios . Método para 
la cuenta de mohos y levaduras en alimentos , published in the Official Journal on 
13 September 1 995; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-145-SCFI-2001, Información comercial - 
Etiquetado de miel en sus diferentes presentaciones , published in the Official 
Journal on 2 3 April 2 001; 
• Modificación del inciso 4.2 y se eliminan los numerales 4.2.3 y 4.2.4 de la Norma 
Oficial Mexicana NOM -145-SCFI-2001, Información comercial - Etiquetado de 
miel en sus diferentes presentaciones , published on 2 3 April 2 001, published in 
the Official Journal on 5 August 2 009; 
• Mexican Standard NMX-F-036-NORMEX -2006, Alimentos, miel, especificaciones y 
métodos de p rueba, published in the Official Journal on 2 4 January 2 007; 
• Acuerdo por el que se establecen los criterios para determinar los límites máximos 
de residuos tóxicos y contaminantes, de funcionamiento de métodos analíticos, 
el Programa Nacional de Control y Monitoreo de Residuos Tóxicos en los bienes 
de origen animal, recursos acuícolas y pesqueros, y Programa de Monitoreo de 
Residuos Tóxicos en animales, así como el módulo de consulta, los cuales se 
encuentran regulados por la Secretaría de Agricultura, Gana dería, Desarrollo 
Rural, Pesca y Alimentación , published in the Official Journal on 9 October 2 014; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-001-SAG/GAN -2015, Sistema Nacional de 
Identificación Animal para Bovinos y Colmenas , published in the Official Journal 
on 29 May 2015; 
• Modificación a la NOM -001-ZOO-1994, Campaña Nacional contra la Varroasis de 
las abejas , published in the Official Journal on 2 8 December 2 005; 
• Ley de Productos Orgánicos , published in the Official Journal on 7 February 2 006; 
• Reglamento de Ley de P roductos Orgánicos , published in the Official Journal on 1 
April 2 010; 
• Acuerdo por el que se dan a conocer los Lineamientos para la Operación Orgánica 
de las actividades agropecuarias , published in the Official Journal on 2 9 October 
2013; 
• Ley Federal de Sanidad Animal , published in the Official Journal on 2 5 July 2 007; 
• Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Sanidad Animal , published in the Official Journal 
on 21 May 2 012; 
• Mexican Official Standard NOM-002-SAG/GAN -2016, Actividades técnicas y 
operativas aplicable s al Programa Nacional para el Control de la Abeja Africana , 
published in the Official Journal on 5 October 2 016. 
9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 18 February  2019 G/TBT/N/MEX/445  
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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:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Dirección General de Normas  (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Tel.: (+52) 55 5729 9100, Ext. 43244  
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715  
Website : http://www.economia.gob.mx/comunidad -negocios/normalizacion/ catalogo -
mexicano -de-normas   
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx , sofia.pacheco@economia.gob.mx , 
jose.ramo sr@economia.gob.mx  
Text available at:  
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5546962&fecha=20/12/2018  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/MEX/19_0066_00_s.pdf