G/TBT/N/MEX/272  
1 July 2014  
(14-3757)  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 governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Secretaría de Salud  (Ministry of Health) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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:  
Comisión Federal para la Protección contra Riesgos Sanitarios , COFEPRIS (Federal 
Commission for Protection against Health Risks) 
Dr Ricardo Cavazos Cepeda Director General de Estudios Económicos y Asuntos Internacionales 
Tel.: 50805200, Ext. 1306 
http://www.cofepris.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): Food and 
non-alcoholic beverages (ICS 67.160 and 67.040) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Acuerdo por el 
que se emiten los Lineamientos a que se refiere el artículo 25 del Reglamento de Control 
Sanitario de Productos y Servicios que deberá n observar los productores de alimentos y 
bebidas no alcohólicas preenvasadas para efectos de la información que deberán ostentar en el área frontal de exhibición, así como los criterios y las características para la obtención y uso del distintivo nutrimental a que se refiere el artículo 25 Bis del Reglamento 
de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios  (Agreement issuing the guidelines referred to 
in Article 25 of the Regulations on Sanitary Co ntrol of Products and Services, which are to 
be followed by producers of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages and which 
concern the information that is to be displayed on front-of-pack labels, and the criteria and 
characteristics pertaining to the use of the nutritional logo referred to in Article 25 bis of 
the Regulations on Sanitary Control of Products and Services) (17 pages, in Spanish) 
6. Description of content: The notified text establishes the criteria and specifications to be 
met by producers of pre-packaged food and non-alcoholic beverages regarding the 
information that is to be displayed on the front-of-pack labels of products. It establishes 
the reference amounts that determine whether products are considered individual or family-sized, in accordance with Article 25 of the Regulations on Sanitary Control of 
Products and Services, and sets forth the criteria and characteristics pertaining to the use 
of the nutritional logo referred to in Article 25 bis of the Regulations on Sanitary Control of 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Protection of human health. The notified text seeks to address the health 
emergency caused by growing levels of obesity and the prevalence of chronic non-
communicable diseases, most notably diabetes. The guidelines seek to improve the population's diet (in particular that of chil dren) by modifying the nutritional information 
displayed on pre-packaged food and non-alco holic beverages. In doing so, it updates 
Mexican regulations so as to ensure compliance with the highest international standards in 
this area. 
8. Relevant documents:  
 Reglamento de Control Sanitario de Productos y Servicios  (Regulations on Sanitary 
Control of Products and Services) 
 G/TBT/N/MEX/109 
9. Proposed date of adoption: 16 April 2014 
Proposed date of entry into force: Producers of food and non-alcoholic beverages have 
until 15 February 2015 to comply with these labelling provisions.  
10. Final date for comments: Not applicable. 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy) 
Subsecretaría de Competitividad y Normatividad 
Dirección General de Normas Tel.: (+52) 55 5229 6100, Ext. 43217 
Fax: (+52) 55 5520 9715 
Website: http://www.economia.gob.mx/comuni dad-negocios/c ompetitividad-
normatividad/normalizacion/catalogo-mexicano-de-normas  
Email: normasomc@economia.gob.mx  and/or jesus.figueroa@economia.gob.mx  
Text available online at: 
http://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.p hp?codigo=5340693&fecha=15/04/2014  
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